Laser Technology, Volume. 43, Issue 5, 666(2019)

True time-delay network for 2-D phased array antenna based on silicon photonics

JIN Jun’ao, ZHANG Qiang, YU Hui, ZHENG Shilie, and ZHANG Xianmin*
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    JIN Jun’ao, ZHANG Qiang, YU Hui, ZHENG Shilie, ZHANG Xianmin. True time-delay network for 2-D phased array antenna based on silicon photonics[J]. Laser Technology, 2019, 43(5): 666

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    Received: Nov. 5, 2018

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    Published Online: Sep. 9, 2019

    The Author Email: ZHANG Xianmin (zhangxm@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.7510/jgjs.issn.1001-3806.2019.05.015

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