DocumentCode
2343182
Title
Photonic multiple beam forming systems for broadband RF antenna arrays
Author
Weverka, R.T. ; Herriot, S. ; Li, Y. ; Gu, D. ; Gao, L. ; Braker, B. ; Wagner, K.H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
25-27 July 2005
Firstpage
153
Lastpage
154
Abstract
Two broadband, sparse array, multiple-beamforming, optical processors are presented. They enable squint-free, true-time delay beamforming of large, randomly-spaced antenna arrays by compensating the frequency-dependent scale factor of the RF images produced by a Fourier optical imager.
Keywords
array signal processing; broadband antennas; microwave photonics; optical information processing; planar antenna arrays; 2D planar antenna arrays; Fourier optical imager; broadband RF antenna arrays; photonic multiple beam forming systems; randomly-spaced antenna arrays; time delay beamforming; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Fiber lasers; Optical arrays; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
ISSN
1099-4742
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8981-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528039
Filename
1528039
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