Title :
Optical heterodyne as an alternative technique for reflected power measurement of antennas
Author :
Hernández-Nava, P. ; Baylón-Fuentes, A. ; García-Juárez, A. ; Zaldívar-Huerta, I.E. ; Gómez-Colín, R. ; Rojas-Hernández, A. ; Rodríguez-Asomoza, J. ; Aguayo-Rodríguez, G.
Author_Institution :
Coordinacion de Electron., Inst. Nac. de Astrofis., Opt. y Electron. (INAOE), Tonantzintla, Mexico
Abstract :
In this paper we use optical heterodyne as an alternative technique to measure reflected power of antennas. As a way to show the effectiveness of our proposal, results of the measurements obtained with the proposed technique are compared with to that obtained when the tracking generator of the spectrum analyzer on the band from 0 to 3 GHz is used.
Keywords :
antenna testing; heterodyne detection; microwave measurement; power measurement; spectral analysers; antenna reflected power measurement; frequency 0 GHz to 3 GHz; optical heterodyne; spectrum analyzer; Antenna measurements; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical variables measurement; Power measurement; Reflector antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-315-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953759
