Optically controlled serially fed phased array sensor

被引:22
作者
Cohen, DA
Chang, Y
Levi, AFJ
Fetterman, HR
Newberg, IL
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,DEPT ELECT ENGN,LOS ANGELES,CA 90095
[2] HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO,RADAR & COMMUN SYST,LOS ANGELES,CA 90009
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D O I
10.1109/68.544718
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A new type of RF-photonic sensor design which uses an optical serially fed phased array is proposed for applications in radar and communication systems. This sensor has the advantages of true time delay and yet only requires one tunable laser and one fiber optic grating delay for beam steering. In addition to discussing the system operation in transmit and receive modes, we also present initial experiments establishing the viability of the basic serial-feed design approach.
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页码:1683 / 1685
页数:3
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