RF photonics for radar front-ends

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 965-970

  Pappert, S A ^a   Krantz, B ^b  

^a DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

^b BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay line; Fiber optics; Microwave photonics; RF front end; RF oscillator; Tunable RF filter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; NOISE FIGURE; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE NOISE; RADAR SYSTEMS;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; RF OSCILLATORS; TUNABLE RF FILTER;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 34548849126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2007.374396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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