Feasibility of photonic payload onboard advanced satcom systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 10288, Issue , 1997, Pages 312-340

  Paul, Dilip K ^a  

^a Tracor Aerospace Electronic Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BEAM FORMING NETWORKS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; REDUNDANCY; SATELLITE LINKS;

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; INTER-SATELLITE LINK; MILLIMETER WAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL SUB-SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PROCESSING BANDWIDTHS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 84894354488     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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