Title :
Demonstration of a broadband microwave imager using spectral hole burning as a narrowband image sieve
Author :
Braker, Benjamin ; Li, Youzhi ; Schlottau, Friso ; Gu, Donghua ; Wagner, Kelvin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We present broadband microwave imaging that uses Fourier optical beamforming to project squinted broadband images into a spectral hole burning material from which independent narrowband images are read, de-squinted, and summed into broadband microwave images.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; microwave imaging; optical hole burning; Fourier optical beamforming; broadband microwave imager; narrowband image sieve; spectral hole burning; squinted broadband image projection; Antenna arrays; Microwave antenna arrays; Microwave imaging; Narrowband; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical imaging; Optical receivers; Phased arrays; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics, 2005. IP 2005. OSA Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Charlotte, NC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6637-5
