The advance of wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) photonic technologies has made an impact on recent development of broadband optically controlled phased array antennas. For example, we have previously reported a multiwavelength optically controlled phased array antenna (MWOCPAA) transmitter. In this paper, we extend the multiwavelength concept to the MWOCPAA common transmit/receive (T/R) module. The receive mode in MWOCPAA T/R module realizes broadband receiver with true-time delay by optically combining the received signal from multiple optical wavelength carriers.
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机译:波分复用(WDM)光子技术的进步对宽带光控相控阵天线的最新发展产生了影响。例如,我们之前已经报道了一种多波长光控相控阵天线(MWOCPAA)发射机。在本文中,我们将多波长概念扩展到MWOCPAA通用发送/接收(T / R)模块。 MWOCPAA T / R模块中的接收模式通过将来自多个光学波长载波的接收信号进行光学组合,从而实现了具有实时延迟的宽带接收器。
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