Integrating laser diodes in a reconfigurable antenna system

This paper presents a new technique for the implementation of a reconfigurable antenna system. The reconfigurability is based on integrating laser diodes within the antenna substrate. The laser diodes are used to shine light to the photoconductive switches that connect different radiating elements of the antenna structure. A prototype is fabricated and tested. A good agreement between simulation and measurement data is noticed.

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