Integrated Optic Signal Processors for Wideband Radar Systems.

Abstract

Research effort for the first program year was placed on the utilization of wideband guided-wave (thin-film) acoustooptic deflectors for real-time pulse compression and convolution of wideband RF signals. For this purpose a very wideband deflector in a Y-cut LiNbO3 Ti-diffused waveguide having a measured bandwidth of 500 MHz was designed and fabricated. This deflector employs a three-element tilted-array transducer with the center frequencies of 275, 432 and 648 MHz, and has a measured deflector bandwidth of 500 MHz. This bandwidth represents the largest that has been achieved thus far.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA084766

Entities

People

  • Chen S. Tsai

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Analyzers
  • Compression Ratio
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Range
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Light Sources
  • Optoelectronic Devices
  • Pulse Compression
  • Radar
  • Signal Processing
  • Spectrum Analyzers
  • Surface Acoustic Waves
  • Thin Films
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.