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Optical True Time-Delay Composed of Fiber Brags Gratings and Metal Film-Coated Fibers  

배덕희 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부)
신종덕 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부)
김부균 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부)
Abstract
In this paper, we proposed a novel true time-delay (TTD) feeder for phased array antennas (PAAs) using fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and fibers coated with Cr/Au film. This structure requires less number of FBGs than the previously proposed FBG TTD feeders since one FBG is replaced with a metal film reflector in a strand of optical delay line connected to each antenna element and also provides the flexible wavelength selection since the metal film shows wide reflectance spectrum. A TTD for 10 GHz linear PAAs capable of steering beams in three different directions at 0$^{\circ}$and $\pm$30$^{\circ}$has been built. Experimental results on time delays are in good agreement with those calculated at all the steering angles. A 10 GHz linear array antenna with eight antenna elements red from the proposed TTD has been designed and the far-field radiation pattern or this antenna has been obtained by simulation.
Keywords
Optical True Time-Delay; Phased Array Antenna; Fiber Brags Grating;
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