A new beam-steering technique using nonreciprocal periphery manipulation

This paper describes new phase-shifterless beam steering techniques which exploit the synchronization properties of coupled nonlinear oscillator arrays. In each, the control parameters are the coupling phases of the local interactions between elements. The one-dimensional oscillator arrays under consideration are described by Phase Model- type equations, implying the assumption that the amplitude dynamics have achieved a steady state. Linear stability analyzes for each technique are provided which reveal significant differences in attainable scan angles.