Title :
Broadband nulling for conformal phased array antennas using photonic processing
Author_Institution :
Graduate Eng. & Res. Center, Florida Univ., Shalimar, FL
Abstract :
This paper presents a photonic architecture for independently steering the broadband nulls of linear and conformal phased array antennas. Analytic expressions quantifying bandwidth requirements are developed and simulation results demonstrating array performance are presented
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; conformal antennas; electro-optical modulation; laser beam applications; laser tuning; microwave photonics; optical fibres; array performance; bandwidth requirements; broadband nulling; conformal phased array antennas; linear array antennas; photonic architecture; photonic processing; tunable laser-based system; Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Equations; Linear antenna arrays; Optical arrays; Optical filters; Phased arrays; Polynomials; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Oxford
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6455-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2000.889774
