High-speed high-isolation 2 × 2 fiber-optic switch for wideband radar photonic beamforming controls

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2500-2505

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay lines; Optical switches; Phased array radar

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; CROSSTALK; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL DESIGN; RADAR; SPEED; SWITCHES;

ACOUSTOOPTIC DEFLECTORS; CROSSTALK NOISES; DELAY LINES; DOVE PRISMS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE; IMAGE INVERSIONS; IMAGING; INPUT POWERS; OPTIC SWITCHES; OPTICAL; OPTICAL CROSSTALKS; PHASED-ARRAY RADAR; PHOTONIC BEAMFORMING; SWITCHING STRUCTURES; SWITCHING TIMES; WIDEBAND RADARS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 54949129385     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927204     Document Type: Article

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