Photorefractive Receiver Study

Abstract

The Photorefractive Receiver Study was a 12 month study into concepts related to the application of photorefractive materials as adaptive beam combining elements for an optical heterodyne receiver. This study concentrates on the behavior of and requirements for the photorefractive element. A set of parameters and approaches for the photorefractive element was selected and a theoretical model constructed to predict performance. An experiment was designed and fabricated to illustrate the dependencies predicted by the theoretical model. All model and experimental results are described and summarized. Photorefractive Effect, Adaptive Beam Combining, Optical Heterodyne Receiver

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA269352

Entities

People

  • D. W. Graves
  • M. R. Lange

Organizations

  • Harris Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Command And Control
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Local Oscillators
  • Materials
  • Optics
  • Photorefractive Materials
  • Quantum Wells
  • Semiconductors
  • Signal Generators
  • Single Sideband Modulation
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.