Title :
Optical signal processing in Radar systems
Author :
Tonda-Goldstein, Sylvie ; Dolfi, Daniel ; Monsterleet, Aymeric ; Formont, Stéphane ; Chazelas, Jean ; Huignard, Jean-Pierre
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
Opto-electronic components and their performances are well suited to be integrated in radar systems. In this paper, two optical architectures illustrate functions that are specific to optical processing of microwave signals, i.e., time-delay-based processing and arbitrary waveform generation of large frequency bandwidth signals.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; microwave photonics; radar signal processing; signal processing equipment; arbitrary waveform generation; microwave signals; optical architectures; optical signal processing; opto-electronic components; radar systems; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Laser radar; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Radar signal processing; Signal processing; Arbitrary waveform generation (AWG); optical processing of large bandwidth microwave signals; time-delay based processing;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.2005.863059
