DocumentCode
3541418
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
fYear
2011
fDate
Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011
Firstpage
794
Lastpage
796
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Natal
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1662-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169295
Filename
6169295
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