Application of optical amplifiers in a microwave distribution network for phased array antennas

Author

Schaffer, Christian G.

Author_Institution

FHL, Lubeck

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

30-31 Oct 1995

Firstpage

202

Abstract

The analysis presented shows that optical amplifiers have the potential to offer significant advantages if they are used to amplify the microwave signals in the distribution system of large phased array antennas. The advantages are in terms of simplicity and noise performance. The distribution system with one layer of optical amplifiers allows a 42 dB power budget (SNR=113 dBc/Hz). This system can feed about 1100 T/R modules

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; fibre lasers; microwave links; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; phased array radar; synthetic aperture radar; 21 dB; 5.8 dB; 7 dB; SAR antenna; X-band link; fibre amplifier; large phased array antennas; microwave distribution network; microwave signal amplification; noise performance; optical amplifiers; optical loss; radar transmit signal; transmit/receive modules; Distributed amplifiers; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave antenna arrays; Optical amplifiers; Optical arrays; Optical noise; Phased arrays; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484833

Filename

484833