• DocumentCode
    577914
  • Title

    Photonics-enabled Ka-band subscale radar ranging feasibility demonstration

  • Author

    Lohr, Michele B. ; Dennis, Michael L. ; Funk, Kevin B. ; Pavek, Richard E. ; Sova, Raymond M.

  • Author_Institution
    JHU Appl. Phys. Lab., Laurel, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    220
  • Lastpage
    221
  • Abstract
    Concept feasibility of a photonics-enabled Ka-band subscale “radar” is demonstrated for ranging. Experimental results using a corner cube reflector and stretch processing are presented, with a 28-GHz carrier modulated by 40-ns, 4-GHz chirp pulses.
  • Keywords
    optical elements; optical radar; radionavigation; corner cube reflector; feasibility demonstration; photonics-enabled Ka-band subscale radar ranging; stretch processing; Distance measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Photonics; Radar; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358571
  • Filename
    6358571