Optical processor for array antenna beam shaping and steering

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

doi:10.1117/12.18157

1 June 1990 Optical processor for array antenna beam shaping and steering

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

Proceedings Volume 1217, Optoelectronic Signal Processing for Phased-Array Antennas II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18157
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

An optical processor for phased array antenna beam forming 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 five bits. The functions of beam shaping and steering are combined through a magnetooptic 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", Proc. SPIE 1217, Optoelectronic Signal Processing for Phased-Array Antennas II, (1 June 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18157

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