• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 51, Issue 3, 0306001 (2022)
Ang LIU1、2、*, Guanghao SHAO1、2, Jiquan ZHAI1、2, Xingwei YE1、2, and Guoqiang ZHANG1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology,Nanjing 210039,China
  • 2Key Laboratory of IntelliSence Technology,CETC,Nanjing 210039,China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20225103.0306001 Cite this Article
    Ang LIU, Guanghao SHAO, Jiquan ZHAI, Xingwei YE, Guoqiang ZHANG. Radar Broadband Beamforming Technique Based on Sub-wavelength Stepped Optical Delay Line[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(3): 0306001 Copy Citation Text show less
    Architecture of electric beamforming system
    Fig. 1. Architecture of electric beamforming system
    Phase distribution of the phased-array antenna
    Fig. 2. Phase distribution of the phased-array antenna
    Simulation results of beam squint at different microwave frequencies
    Fig. 3. Simulation results of beam squint at different microwave frequencies
    Simulation results of beam peak power at different microwave frequencies
    Fig. 4. Simulation results of beam peak power at different microwave frequencies
    Simulation results of beam sidelobe power at different microwave frequencies
    Fig. 5. Simulation results of beam sidelobe power at different microwave frequencies
    Photonic subarray and experiment platform
    Fig. 6. Photonic subarray and experiment platform
    Amplitude and phase characteristics of the four-channel photonic subarray module
    Fig. 7. Amplitude and phase characteristics of the four-channel photonic subarray module
    Experimental results of antenna patterns at different azimuths and frequencies
    Fig. 8. Experimental results of antenna patterns at different azimuths and frequencies
    Unit numberUnit spacing/mmCenter frequency/GHzBandwidth/GHzAzimuth coverage/(°)
    329104±60
    Table 1. Parameters of the X-band one-dimensional phased-array antenna
    Delay step of 3 ps without phase shifterDelay step of 5 ps without phase shifterDelay step of 83.3 ps with phase shifter
    Beam pointing/(°)Maximum squint0.130.562.51
    In-band fluctuation002.51
    Peak power/dBMaximum loss0.0510.0551.742
    In-band fluctuation0.0280.0311.742
    Sidelobe power/dBMaximum power-12.5-11.6-3.9
    In-band fluctuation0.240.539.3
    Table 2. Comparison of beamforming performance of different schemes
    Target beam pointing/(°)03060
    Beam pointing/(°)Maximum squint0.240.280.77
    In⁃band fluctuation0.210.280.98
    Peak power/dBMaximum loss0.130.180.89
    In⁃band fluctuation0.130.180.89
    Sidelobe power/dBMaximum power-11.5-11.06-11.82
    In⁃band fluctuation1.461.841.68
    Table 3. Broadband beamforming experiment results
    Ang LIU, Guanghao SHAO, Jiquan ZHAI, Xingwei YE, Guoqiang ZHANG. Radar Broadband Beamforming Technique Based on Sub-wavelength Stepped Optical Delay Line[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(3): 0306001
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