Title :
Photonic beam steering in phased-array antennas
Author :
Van Dijk, Raymond ; Van Vliet, Frank E.
Author_Institution :
TNO-FEL, Den Haag, Netherlands
Abstract :
A review of photonic beam former activities at TNO-FEL is reported. Both coherent and incoherent beam formers are presented. Optical beamforming is said to be the most suitable for true time delay beam forming, in which the relative bandwidth of the microwave signal referred to the optical carrier is almost zero.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; beam steering; delays; microwave photonics; coherent beam former; incoherent beam former; phased-array antennas; photonic beam steering; true time delay; Array signal processing; Bandwidth; Beam steering; Delay; Optical beams; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Phased arrays; Photodiodes; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8691-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2003.1422940
