Abstract
Passive millimeter-wave imaging requires large apertures to achieve an angular resolution comparable to that of typical infrared imagers. Aperture synthesis offers a route to achieving high resolution without using a single large aperture, by interferometrically combining the signals from a number of smaller distributed apertures. In such a system the individual millimeter-wave signals must be transported to a common location with good phase fidelity and combined to form the image. This paper discusses a technique called coherent optical beam forming which performs optical transport of the up-converted millimeter-wave signal and direct image formation at the optical frequency. Proof of principle experiments are described that demonstrate coherent optical beam forming with a point source and a method of self-calibrating the array to remove phase errors.
[IEEE ]
PDF Article
More Like This
Cited By
You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.
Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription