High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 36, Issue 1, 013005(2024)

Primary study on time control technology of active phased array based on photoconductive microwave source

Xinyue Niu1, Yanran Gu1, Xu Chu1, Jinmei Yao1,2、*, Muyu Yi1,2, Langning Wang1,2, and Tao Xun1,2、*
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  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Scheme of the optically controlled phased array system based on linear SiC devices, including thephotoelectric conversion components and the burst-mode operation pulse laser
    Scheme of the optically controlled phased array system in the future, where the optical signal is delayed first and then amplified
    Optical time delay architecture
    Theoretical model of phased array antenna
    Analysis results of OTTD phased array considering time delay step
    Analysis results of OTTD phased array considering time delay error
    Increment of beam sidelobe power, average beam squint and reduction of beam peak power against phase standard deviation in the simulation result in CST
    • Table 1. Delay variance when the loss is less than 10% for a 1×n array antenna

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      Table 1. Delay variance when the loss is less than 10% for a 1×n array antenna

      number of array elements90% of the theoretical gain/dBtime delay index at 1 GHz/pstime delay index at 3 GHz/ps
      1×411.58269
      1×817.63010
      1×1019.543211
    • Table 2. Delay variance when the loss is less than 10% for a m×n array antenna

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      Table 2. Delay variance when the loss is less than 10% for a m×n array antenna

      number of array elements90% of the theoretical gain/dBtime delay index at 1 GHz/pstime delay index at 3 GHz/ps
      2×417.62910
      8×835.674113-14
      8×1037.64313-14
    • Table 3. Influence of phase variance on the key indicators of phased array

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      Table 3. Influence of phase variance on the key indicators of phased array

      phase standard deviation/(°)element numberbeam squint/(°)main lobe power/dBside lobe power/dB
      10100.40−0.10+3.00
      15100.64−0.22+4.64
      20100.94−0.40+5.95
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    Xinyue Niu, Yanran Gu, Xu Chu, Jinmei Yao, Muyu Yi, Langning Wang, Tao Xun. Primary study on time control technology of active phased array based on photoconductive microwave source[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2024, 36(1): 013005

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    Received: Aug. 11, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 22, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 21, 2024

    The Author Email: Jinmei Yao (yao_jinmei@163.com), Tao Xun (xtao_0301@hotmail.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202436.230260

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