Design and Implementation of Optical True Time Delay in Optically Controlled Phased Array Antennas

Author

Yan, Jihong ; He, Zishu ; Han, Chunlin ; Gao, Yuxiang ; Cao, Junyou

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu

fYear

2006

fDate

16-19 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The applications and the advantages of the optical electronic techniques in wideband and wide-angle phased array radar are introduced. Based on the physical model of optically controlled phased array, this paper analyses the working principle of optically controlled phased array antennas (OCPAA) in detail. Then a design example is given. According to the different pulse compression results of a linear phased array with 32 antenna elements, the optimization of OTTD number can be chosen. A design of 4-bit OTTD based on binary delay fiber lines and optical switches is given. The main performances of OTTD which affect the array antennas system are discussed

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; linear antenna arrays; optical delay lines; optical pulse compression; optical radar; optical switches; phased array radar; OCPAA; OTTD number optimization; binary delay fiber lines; linear phased array radar; optical electronic techniques; optical switches; optical true time delay; optically controlled phased array antennas; pulse compression; Antenna arrays; Delay effects; Laser radar; Linear antenna arrays; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical design; Optical pulse compression; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; optical switch; optical true time delay (OTTD); optically controlled phased array antennas (OCPAA); pulse compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar, 2006. CIE '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9582-4

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9583-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICR.2006.343220

Filename

4148326