Multiple-beam fiber-optic beamformer with binary array of delay lines

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3262-3272

  Granieri, S ^a   Jaeger, M ^a   Siahmakoun, A ^a  

^a ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; TRANSMITTERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL BEAMFORMING; RADIOFREQUENCY PHOTONICS; TRUE TIME DELAY;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 4544387532     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.821733     Document Type: Article

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