Title :
Millimetre-wave optical beamforming network for phased-array antennas employing optical upconversion and wideband chirped fibre gratings
Author :
Marti, J. ; Corral, J.L. ; Ramos, F. ; Polo, V. ; Fuster, J.M.
Author_Institution :
ETSI Telecommun., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
fDate :
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel optical beamforming architecture for phased-array antennas operating at millimetre-wave frequencies is presented. Experimental results at 28 GHz have demonstrated the very good performance of this technique, based on optical upconversion and wideband chirped fibre gratings
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; beam steering; diffraction gratings; millimetre wave antenna arrays; optical frequency conversion; millimetre-wave optical beamforming network; optical upconversion; phased-array antennas; wideband chirped fibre gratings;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990401
