Photonic remoting of AN/SPQ-9B ADM ultra high dynamic range radar

Author

Roman, J.E. ; Nichols, L.T. ; Williams, K.J. ; Esman, R.D. ; Tavik, G.C. ; Livingston, M. ; Parent, M.G.

Author_Institution

Div. of Opt. Sci., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1998

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

19

Abstract

We report initial demonstrations of photonic technology meeting the stringent phase noise and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) requirements for remoting radars. In particular, fiber optic links were used to remote the antenna and transmitter of the Navy AN/SPQ-9B ADM radar. The remoting links tested successfully in a transmit configuration without significantly degrading the 87 dB SNR of the radar. These results show the potential of photonic technology to remote other radars such as active arrays

Keywords

active antenna arrays; military systems; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; phase noise; radar antennas; radar applications; radar transmitters; 87 dB; AN/SPQ-9B ADM radar; SNR; US Navy; X-band radar; active arrays; fiber optic links; microwave systems; phase noise; photonic remoting; photonic technology; radar antenna; remoting links; signal-to-noise ratio; transmit configuration; transmitter; Degradation; Dynamic range; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Phase noise; Photonics; Radar antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Testing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1998. RADARCON 98. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4492-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1998.677970

Filename

677970