Title :
Integrating laser diodes in a reconfigurable antenna system
Author :
Tawk, Y. ; Costantine, J. ; Barbin, S.E. ; Christodoulou, C.G.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011
Abstract :
This paper presents a new technique for the implementation of a reconfigurable antenna system. The reconfigurability is based on integrating laser diodes within the antenna substrate. The laser diodes are used to shine light to the photoconductive switches that connect different radiating elements of the antenna structure. A prototype is fabricated and tested. A good agreement between simulation and measurement data is noticed.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; photoconducting switches; semiconductor lasers; antenna structure radiating elements; antenna substrate; laser diodes; photoconductive switches; reconfigurable antenna system; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Diode lasers; Frequency measurement; Loss measurement; bias lines; laser diodes; photoconductive switches; reconfigurable antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Natal
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1662-1
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169295
