Conclusions
New serial-feed technique to optically control phased array antenna
Uses only a single wavelength tunable laser, EO modulator, and time delay element
Provides low cost remote beam steering for phased array antennas
Concept demonstrated with a 2-element 5-pointing direction transmitter
Directional analog transmission has also been demonstrated
Publications:
- Optically-controlled serially-fed phased array sensor, D. Cohen, Y. Chang, A. F. J. Levi, H. Fetterman, and I. Newberg, IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 8, 1683-1685 (1996).
- Video broadcast using an optically-controlled serially-fed phased-array antenna, D. Cohen, A. F. J. Levi, Y. Chang, H. R. Fetterman, and I. Newberg, Proceedings of the SPIE - The Internationnal Society for Optical Engineering, Photonics and Radio Frequency, Chair/Editor, B. M. Hendrickson, 7-8 August, 1996, Denver, Colorado, Vol. 2844, pp. 258-268, (1996). (ISBN 0-8194-2232-0).
- Optically-controlled serially-fed phased array transmitter, Y. Chang, B. Tsap, H. Fetterman, D. A. Cohen, A. F. J. Levi, and I. Newberg, IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Lett. 7, 69-71 (1997).
- Phased-array optically controlled receiver using serial feed, B. Tsap, Y. Chang, H. Fetterman, A. F. J. Levi, D. A. Cohen, and I. Newberg, IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 10, 267-269 (1998).