Photonic crystal fiber beamformer for multiple x-band phased-array antenna transmissions

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-377

  Chen, Maggie Yihong ^a   Subbaraman, Harish ^b   Chen, Ray T ^b  

^a Omega Optics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Optical beamforming; Phased array antenna (PAA); Photonic crystal fiber (PCF); True time delay (TTD)

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; BEAM FORMERS; BEAM TRANSMISSION; INDEPENDENT SET; MULTIPLE BEAM; OPTICAL BEAMFORMING; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; TRUE TIME DELAY; TRUE-TIME DELAY (TTD); TWO WAVELENGTH;

ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TIME DELAY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 60949108755     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.916907     Document Type: Article

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