Title :
Antenna pattern synthesis with an imaging optical heterodyne receiver
fDate :
6/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A system is proposed and discussed which would allow rapid direct synthesis and steering of far-field antenna patterns for optical heterodyne receivers. The system produces an antenna pattern which is the image of a spatial filter in the reference beam.
Keywords :
Apertures; Fourier transforms; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Receiving antennas; Spatial filters;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1970.7822
