Practical photonic beamforming

International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 271-274

  Matthews, P J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; PHOTONICS;

ALTERNATE APPROACHES; ANGULAR RESOLUTION; ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEMS; COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PHOTONIC BEAMFORMING; TECHNOLOGY INSERTION;

BEAM FORMING NETWORKS;

EID: 85015194804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.1999.819701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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