Hybrid optical-RF system for generating an improved linear frequency modulated pulses for radar applications

Roy Appelman, Zeev Zalevsky, David Mendlovic, Gal Shabtay

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel approach for generating a linear frequency modulated (LFM) pulse. The generated pulse is characterized by a large bandwidth and frequency linearity . The LFM pulses can be used for a variety of applications such as Synthetic Aperture Radar, Ultra wide band Radar etc. The obtained improvements are obtained by a hybrid optical-RF configuration. The suggested optical setups not only significantly enlarges the bandwidth of the produced chirp beam, but also allows to tune its carrier frequency.
Original languageEnglish
JournalIEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2000

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