Phased-array antennas employing slow and fast light in alternating amplifying and absorbing sections

2006 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sales, S ^a   Ohman F ^b   Bermejo, A ^a   Mork, J ^b   Capmany, J ^a  

^a ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Optical signal processing; Phased arrays; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; MICROWAVES; PHOTONICS;

FAST-LIGHT; INSERTION LOSSES; LOW BIAS VOLTAGE; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; NEW APPROACHES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHASE CHANGES; PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHASED-ARRAYS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SMALL SIZE; TUNING SPEED;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 50149103292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2006.346505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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