Tapered Multi-Beam Arrays via an Optically Power-Efficient Photonic Architecture

A novel photonic beam-space beam-former concept is reviewed and an additional theory addressing precise sampling of desired beam locations for linear arrays is presented. A new, power efficient, method of apodizing an input array's beam pattern via a weighted distribution of the master feed laser to each RF-to-optical up-conversion stage behind the array elements is then presented along with resul...