Abstract:A photonic means of generating the element-to-element phase shifts required for the operation of a true time delay radar beamformer was developed previously by Toughlian and Zmuda for systems operating in the VHF frequency range, and extended by Monsay for operation in the radar C band. The photonic beamformer is based on an acousto-optic (AO), heterodyne optical system in which the reference beam acts as a probe of the acoustic wave in the AO cell. The time delay of the acoustic waveform readout by the optica… Show more
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