Optical beamforming network based on fiber-optical delay lines and spatial light modulators for large antenna arrays

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2590-2592

  Vidal, Borja ^a   Mengual, Teresa ^a   Ibáñez López, Cristina ^a   Marti, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical beamforming; Spatial light modulator (SLM)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; LIGHT MODULATION;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL BEAMFORMING;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 33845727139     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.887347     Document Type: Article

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