• DocumentCode
    3076498
  • Title

    Microwave photonics: Recent programs at DARPA

  • Author

    Ridgway, Richard W. ; Conway, Joshua A. ; Dohrman, Carl L.

  • Author_Institution
    Strategic Technol. Office, DARPA, Arlington, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    28-31 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    286
  • Lastpage
    289
  • Abstract
    Microwave photonic components and systems are of significant interest to radar and communications systems used on military platforms. This paper highlights recent experimental results and system architectures aimed at moving microwave photonic component developments to system demonstrations and transitions to deployed military systems.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; military communication; military radar; DARPA; communications systems; component developments; microwave photonics; military platforms; radar; system architectures; system demonstrations; system transitions; Bandwidth; Masers; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Receivers; Microwave photonics; electrooptic modulator; noise figure; optical fiber links; spurious free dynamic range;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2013 International Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Alexandria, VA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2013.6724077
  • Filename
    6724077