Title :
Optical functions for microwave signal processing in radar, communications and surveillance systems
Author :
Loic, M. ; Stephanie, Constant ; Christian, Fourdin ; Jean, C. ; Thomas, Martyn ; Gregoire, P. ; Ghaya, Baili ; Mehdi, Abbas ; Daniel, David ; Fabien, Bretenaker ; van Dijk, Frederic ; Marc, Bolircene ; Marc, Vallet
Author_Institution :
Aerosp. Div., Thales, Elancourt, France
Abstract :
The optical-microwave technologies have appeared as promising for the next generations of radar, communications and surveillance systems. The new concepts and demonstrations show the improvements of optoelectronic links and the capability to perform processing functions, in the optical domain, like the local oscillator distribution for both ground/ship based and airborne radars, or the radar receive mode processing with optical architecture dedicated to radar beamforming and to down/frequency mixing.
Keywords :
airborne radar; array signal processing; optical links; radar signal processing; airborne radars; communications systems; down-frequency mixing; local oscillator distribution; microwave signal processing; optical domain; optical functions; optical-microwave technologies; optoelectronic links; radar beamforming; radar systems; surveillance systems; Airborne radar; Laser radar; Local oscillators; Marine vehicles; Microwave communication; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical signal processing; Radar signal processing; Surveillance; fibre optics; laser; microwave oscillators; phased-array antennas; photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference - Surveillance for a Safer World, 2009. RADAR. International
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-55-7
