Adaptive phased-array radar processing using photorefractive crystals

RT Weverka, KH Wagner - Optoelectronic Signal Processing …, 1990 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An unconstrained, adaptive, null-steering phased-array optical processor that utilizes a
photorefractive crystal to time-integrate the adaptive weights, and null out correlated …

Photorefractive processing for large adaptive phased arrays

RT Weverka, K Wagner, A Sarto - Applied Optics, 1996 - opg.optica.org
An adaptive null-steering phased-array optical processor that utilizes a photorefractive
crystal to time integrate the adaptive weights and null out correlated jammers is described …

Beam-steering and jammer-nulling photorefractive phased-array radar processor

AW Sarto, RT Weverka… - … Signal Processing for …, 1994 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We are developing a class of optical phased-array-radar processors which use the large
number of degrees-of-freedom available in 3D photorefractive volume holograms to time …

Staring phased-array radar using photorefractive crystals

RT Weverka, KH Wagner - Optical Information Processing …, 1991 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We describe a photorefractive phased array radar processor which directs its look angle to
the signal of interest and puts nulls in the array function at the locations of jammers. We …

Optical BEAMTAP beam-forming and jammer-nulling system for broadband phased-array antennas

G Kriehn, A Kiruluta, PEX Silveira, S Weaver, S Kraut… - Applied Optics, 2000 - opg.optica.org
We present an approach to receive-mode broadband beam forming and jammer nulling for
large adaptive antenna arrays as well as its efficient and compact optical implementation …

Efficient true-time-delay adaptive array processing

KH Wagner, S Kraut, LJ Griffiths… - Radar Processing …, 1996 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present a novel and efficient approach to true-time-delay (TTD) beamforming for large
adaptive phased arrays with N elements, for application in radar, sonar, and communication …

Optical processing for adaptive phased array radar

D Casasent - Final Technical Report, 1981 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Three new optical signal processing techniques for adaptive phased array radar (APAR)
signal processing are described. The coherent optical correlator uses acousto-optic …

New developments in optical control techniques for phased array radar

AJ Seeds, ID Blanchflower, NJ Gomes… - 1988., IEEE MTT-S …, 1988 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent work on optical signal distribution and control techniques for phased-array radar is
described. Experimental results for millimeter-wave reference signal generation by …

Holographic beam shaping for optical heterodyne arrays in laser radars

RJ Becherer, WB Veldkamp - Physics and Technology of …, 1982 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Laser systems using coherent optical heterodyne detection of signals have recently become
interesting for a variety of applications including imaging, communications …

Photorefractive phased array beamforming with true-time-delay processing

A Kirulata, PEX Silveira, G Kriehn… - … Topical Meeting on …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a new optical approach to the problem of implementing true-time-delay (TDD)
beamforming for a large N-element adaptive array that requires only 2 tapped delay lines …