A novel simplified dual beam-former using multichannel chirped fiber grating and tunable optical delay lines

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2629-2634

  Thai, Pham Quang ^a   Alphones, Arokiaswami ^a   Lim, Desmond R ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DSO   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Multichannel chirp fiber grating; Multiple beam forming; Optical delay lines; Optical phased array antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASERS; MICROWAVES;

DUAL BEAMS; MULTICHANNEL CHIRP FIBER GRATING; MULTICHANNEL CHIRPED FIBER GRATINGS; MULTIPLE BEAM-FORMING; MULTIPLE BEAMS; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; OPTICAL PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNAS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SYSTEM COMPLEXITIES; TUNABLE LASER SOURCES; TUNABLE OPTICAL DELAY LINES; TWO BEAMS;

WAVES;

EID: 54949125024     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927152     Document Type: Article

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