An optically controlled phased array antenna based on single sideband polarization modulation

作者：Zhang Yamei; Wu Huan; Zhu Dan; Pan Shilong^*

来源：Optics Express, 2014, 22(4): 3761-3765.

DOI：10.1364/OE.22.003761

A novel optically controlled phased array antenna consisting a simple optical beamforming network and an N element linear patch antenna array is proposed and demonstrated. The optical beamforming network is realized by N independent phase shifters using a shared optical single sideband (OSSB) polarization modulator together with N polarization controllers (PCs), N polarization beam splitters (PBSs) and N photodetectors (PDs). An experiment is carried out. A 4-element linear patch antenna array operating at 14 GHz and a 1 x 4 optical beamforming network (OBFN) is employed to realize the phased array antenna. The radiation patterns of the phased array antenna at -30 degrees, 0 degrees and 30 degrees are achieved.

• 出版日期2014-2-24
• 单位南京航空航天大学