Title :
An optical processor for radio pulses from an antenna array
Author :
Chinnick, James H. ; Felstead, E.Barry
Author_Institution :
Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A coherent optical method of processing pulsed radio signals received by a planar antenna array is described. The output is the two-dimensional optical image of the brightness distribution of the radio sky. Experimental results for a 4 × 4 array are presented.
Keywords :
Antenna arrays; Biometrics; Linear systems; Optical arrays; Optical pulses; Polynomials; Quantum mechanics; Tensile stress;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1975.9946
