Side-lobe Level Reduction in Two-dimensional Optical Phased Array Antennas

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julián L. Pita ◽  
Ivan Aldaya ◽  
Octávio J. S. Santana ◽  
Luís E. E. de Araujo ◽  
Paulo Dainese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Phased Array Antennas ◽  
Array Antennas ◽  
Optical Phased Array ◽  
Level Reduction

scholarly journals Side-lobe level reduction in bio-inspired optical phased-array antennas

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (24) ◽  
pp. 30105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julián L. Pita ◽  
Ivan Aldaya ◽  
Octávio J. S. Santana ◽  
Luís E. E. de araujo ◽  
Paulo Dainese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Phased Array Antennas ◽  
Array Antennas ◽  
Optical Phased Array ◽  
Level Reduction

scholarly journals A Design Approach of Optical Phased Array with Low Side Lobe Level and Wide Angle Steering Range

Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Xinyu He ◽  
Tao Dong ◽  
Jingwen He ◽  
Yue Xu
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Phase Distribution ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Optical Antennas ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Spacing Distribution ◽  
Optical Phased Array

In this paper, a new design approach of optical phased array (OPA) with low side lobe level (SLL) and wide angle steering range is proposed. This approach consists of two steps. Firstly, a nonuniform antenna array is designed by optimizing the antenna spacing distribution with particle swarm optimization (PSO). Secondly, on the basis of the optimized antenna spacing distribution, PSO is further used to optimize the phase distribution of the optical antennas when the beam steers for realizing lower SLL. Based on the approach we mentioned, we design a nonuniform OPA which has 1024 optical antennas to achieve the steering range of ±60°. When the beam steering angle is 0°, 20°, 30°, 45° and 60°, the SLL obtained by optimizing phase distribution is −21.35, −18.79, −17.91, −18.46 and −18.51 dB, respectively. This kind of OPA with low SLL and wide angle steering range has broad application prospects in laser communication and lidar system.

Space-time processing for «range – azimuth – elevation» measurements in non-cooperative systems of radars with phased array antennas

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.V. Chapursky ◽  
A.A. Filatov ◽  
D.E. Koroteev
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Elevation Angle ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Time Processing ◽  
Correlation Integral ◽  
Phased Array Antennas ◽  
Array Antennas ◽  
Straight Line Parallel ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Line Parallel

The methods of measuring the three coordinates of an aircraft in the takeoff and landing mode on the runway of airfields based on the use of non - cooperative two-and three-position systems of radars with phased array antennas are considered. For these variants, general analytical expressions are obtained for the complex generalized correlation integral of space – time processing in the function of spatial coordinates, taking into account the individual directional pattern of phased array antennas. On the basis of two – dimensional profiles of the correlation integral modules «range – elevation» and «azimuth – elevation», examples of comparing particular variants of two-position and three-position systems of radars with their location on one straight line parallel runway are given. In conditions of large signal-to-noise ratios, power-law nonlinear transformations of the correlation integral correlation integral module are applied to reduce the level of side lobes in the two – dimensional sections «range – elevation» and «azimuth – elevation». The following results are obtained using examples. Two-dimensional diagrams of the correlation integral module «range – elevation» do not depend on the azimuth of the aircraft in the range of azimuth values β=0…10 ̊ and correctly display the angle of elevation and the range of the aircraft when 2…3 radars of a non-cooperative system are located on the straight line parallel runway. The two-dimensional diagrams of the correlation integral module «azimuth – elevation angle» have an interference structure, and the number and level of their side lobes increase with increasing azimuth of the aircraft. With azimuth β≥10 ̊, this can lead to ambiguity in the measurement of the azimuth and uncertainty in the elevation angle . One of the measures to reduce the side level of the diagrams of the correlation integral module can be the use of a power-law transformation of normalized diagrams exponentiation of degree 3...4. An increase in the number of radars from two to three when they are located on one straight line parallel to the runway led to a decrease in the side lobes level of the «range – elevation angle» and «azimuth – elevation angle» diagrams. In this case, it may be advisable to solve the problem of optimal choice of the position of the intermediate radar on the same straight line. Calculations were also carried out for an additional example of the location of the intermediate radar of a 3-position system with its removal from the base line. At the same time, there was an increase of the side lobes level in the «azimuth – elevation angle» sections, which in the future may require additional research in terms of optimizing the placement of the radars in horizontal plane for such a radar systems.

Side-lobe level reduction in 1D photonic array antennas

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Dias Pires de Souza ◽  
Antonio Elcio Ferreira Junior ◽  
Marcelo Luis Francisco Abbade ◽  
Ivan Aldaya
Keyword(s):  
Side Lobe ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Array Antennas ◽  
Level Reduction
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