A Promising Outlook for Imaging Radar: Imaging Flash Radar Realized Using Photonic Spatial Beam Processing - IEEE Journals & Magazine

A Promising Outlook for Imaging Radar: Imaging Flash Radar Realized Using Photonic Spatial Beam Processing - IEEE Journals & Magazine

C. A. Schuetz et al., "A Promising Outlook for Imaging Radar: Imaging Flash Radar Realized Using Photonic Spatial Beam Processing," in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 91-101, May 2018.
doi: 10.1109/MMM.2018.2801639
Abstract:
Since their conception in the early 1900s, radar systems have mostly
used a single RF beam to probe the environment in search of objects of
interest. Traditionally, this is accomplished by scanning the beam over a
defined region and using time of flight to determine the range of
objects located within the beam. As such, a key figure of merit is the
spatial extent, or angular divergence, of the RF beam because it defines
the lateral (or cross-range) resolution of detectable objects, while
the operational bandwidth (BW) of the radar determines the range
resolution of detectable objects. In combination, these two metrics
often define the overall capability of the radar system.
keywords: {Array signal processing;Optical amplifiers;Optical fibers;Optical imaging;Optical receivers},
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