Title :
Millimeter-wave optical beamforming network for phased-array antennas employing optical up-conversion and wideband chirped fiber gratings
Author :
J. Marti;J.L. Corral;F. Ramos;V. Polo;J.M. Fuster
Author_Institution :
ETSI Telecommun., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
A novel optical beamforming architecture for phased-array antennas operating at millimeter-wave frequencies is presented. Experimental results at 28 GHz have demonstrated very good performance for this technique, based on optical upconversion and wideband chirped fiber gratings.
Keywords :
"Optical fiber networks","Optical beams","Array signal processing","Optical modulation","Radio frequency","Bandwidth","Chirp","Fiber gratings","Delay effects","RF signals"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC ´99. Technical Digest
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766415
