Broadband microwave imaging with spectral hole burning for squint compensation

Benjamin M. Braker; Y. Li; D. Gu; F. Schlottau; K. H. Wagner

doi:10.1117/12.604146

Broadband microwave imaging with spectral hole burning for squint compensation

Benjamin M. Braker, Y. Li, D. Gu, F. Schlottau, K. H. Wagner

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Abstract

We present an optical approach to 1-D broadband microwave imaging. The imager uses a Fourier optical beamformer to generate a squinted broadband image which is then spectrally resolved by burning a spatial distribution (an image) of spectral signals into a spectral-hole burning material. This spatial-spectral image corresponds to the spectral content of the image at each resolveable spatial point. These narrowband images may be sequentially read out with a chirped laser, scaled to compensate for beam squint, and summed to form a broadband microwave image.

Original language	English
Article number	10
Pages (from-to)	69-79
Number of pages	11
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5789
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604146
State	Published - 25 Oct 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology VIII - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 30 Mar 2005 → 31 Mar 2005

Keywords

Beamforming
Fourier optical processsing
Microwave imaging
Spectral-hole burning

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Broadband microwave imaging with spectral hole burning for squint compensation

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