Optical processor for array antenna beam shaping and steering

Kent A. Nickerson; Paul E. Jessop; Simon Haykin

doi:10.1117/12.55973

1 October 1991 Optical processor for array antenna beam shaping and steering

Kent A. Nickerson, Paul E. Jessop, Simon Haykin

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 30, Issue 10, (October 1991). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.55973

Abstract

An optical processor for phased-array antenna beamforming has been demonstrated. It is capable of providing real-time control of both antenna beam steering and beam shaping in one or two dimensions, with an rms phase linearity of 5 bits. The functions of beam shaping and steering are combined through a magneto-optic spatial light modulator (SLM), which is fast, small, and simple to use.

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Kent A. Nickerson, Paul E. Jessop, and Simon Haykin "Optical processor for array antenna beam shaping and steering," Optical Engineering 30(10), (1 October 1991). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.55973

Published: 1 October 1991

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