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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2023.2.11

 

Fiber-Optic Distribution System of Microwave Signals for Active Phased Array Antennas

 

A.L. Chizh, K.B. Mikitchuk

 

State scientific and production association “Optics, Optoelectronics and Laser Technology”
of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

68-1, Nezavisimosti av., Minsk, Belarus, 220072

 

The paper was received February 23, 2023

 

Abstract. In the paper, different architectures of fiber-optic distribution systems of microwave signals for active phased array antennas are studied. The fiber-optic system with all-optical gain for microwave local oscillator signals distribution is presented. The fragment of proposed system is realized and characterized. It is experimentally shown that the developed distribution system provides noise-to-signal ratio of – 150 dBc/Hz, output channel power about 1 mW and phase fluctuation between channels less than 1°.

Key words: fiber-optic link, fiber-optic distribution system, all-optical gain, active phased array antennas (APAA), microwave photonics.

Corresponding author: Alexander Chizh, chizh@oelt.basnet.by

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Chizh A.L, Mikitchuk K.B. Fiber-optic distribution system of microwave signals for active phased array antennas. Zhurnal radioelektroniki [Journal of Radio Electronics] [online]. 2023. №2. https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2023.2.11 (In Russian)