Coherent photonic beamformer for a Ka-band phased array antenna receiver implemented in silicon photonic integrated circuit

The generation of satellite communications with flexible and efficient transmission of radio signals requires a large number of low interfering beams and a maximum exploitation of the available frequency spectrum.

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