True-time delay steering of phased array radars using slow light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7226, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bashkansky, Mark ^a   Dutton, Zachary ^b   Gulian, Armen ^a,c   Walker, David ^a   Fatemi, Fredrik ^a   Sieiner, Michael ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c SFA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Faraday rotator; Optical fibers; Radar; Slow light; Stimulated Brillouin scattering

Indexed keywords

FARADAY ROTATOR; FARADAY ROTATOR MIRRORS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; PHASED ARRAY RADARS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; PUMP POWER; SLOW LIGHT; TRUE-TIME DELAYS;

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RADAR; ROTATION; SCATTERING; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; TIME DELAY; ULTRASONICS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 63449118052     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.816324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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