Simplified WDM optical beamforming network for large antenna arrays

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1200-1202

  Vidal, Borja ^a   Mengual, Teresa ^a   Ibáñez López, Cristina ^a   Martí, Javier ^a   McKenzie, Iain ^b   Vez, Emilio ^c   Santamaría, Javier ^c   Dalmases, Francesc ^d   Jofre, Lluis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c SENER   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fiber dispersion; Microwave photonics; Optical beamforming; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BEAM FORMERS; DISPERSIVE MEDIUM; FIBER DISPERSION; LARGE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL BEAMFORMING; OPTICAL CARRIERS; OPTICAL SOURCE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COST REDUCTION; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 33845733913     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.874708     Document Type: Article

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