The applications of photonics to radar: a system designer's perspective

A generic active array radar system is defined, and a brief functional description of the subsystems presented. For comparison, two contemporary conceptual views of optically controlled arrays are discussed, and the transition to a more realistic architecture model is described. Several proposed photonic antenna systems from the current literature are critiqued with respect to the model.

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