Photonic true-time delay beamforming based on polarization-domain interferometers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2492-2498

  Drummond, Miguel V ^a   Monteiro, Paulo P ^a   Nogueira, Rogrio N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

MachZehnder delay interferometer (MZDI); Phased array antennas; Photonic true time delay beamforming

Indexed keywords

DELAY LINE; MACH-ZEHNDER DELAY INTERFEROMETERS; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION DOMAIN; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING FIBERS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SINGLE OPTICAL SOURCE; TRUE TIME DELAY; TUNABLE COUPLING; TUNABLE DELAY LINES;

ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; POLARIZATION; TIME DELAY; WAVES;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 77956020308     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2057408     Document Type: Article

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