Fourier transform optical beamformer employing spatial light modulator

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E90-C, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 465-473

  Akiyama, Tomohiro ^a   Takemura, Nobuyasu ^a   Oh Hashi, Hideyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Syuhei ^a   Sato, Masahito ^a   Nagatsuka, Tsutomu ^a   Hirano, Yoshihito ^a   Wadaka, Shusou ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical beamformer; Optical Fourier transform; Optically controlled array antenna; Spatial light modulator

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LENSES; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL BEAMFORMERS; OPTICAL FOURIER TRANSFORM; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED ARRAY ANTENNA;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 33847140204     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e90-c.2.465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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