Chirped microwave pulse compression using a photonic microwave filter with a nonlinear phase response

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 496-504

  Wang, Chao ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chirped microwave pulse; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Frequency modulation; Phase response; Photonic microwave filter; Pulse compression; Radar

Indexed keywords

CHIRPED MICROWAVE PULSE; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); HETERODYNE DETECTION; MATCHED FILTERING; NONLINEAR PHASE RESPONSE; OPTICAL PHASE; PHASE CONVERSION; PHASE RESPONSE; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE FILTER; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE FILTERS; QUADRATIC PHASE; SINGLE-SIDEBAND MODULATION;

ELECTRIC FILTERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MATCHED FILTERS; MICROWAVES; PHOTONICS; PULSE COMPRESSION; RADAR;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 77958096448     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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