Recent Breakthroughs in RF Photonics for Radar Systems

Radar systems require transmission of very high purity signals. Photonics is now mature enough to achieve analog transmission with very low noise, strong immunity, and wide-bandwidth even in harsh environments. We present our recent developments of optimized optical links dedicated to radar and multifunction systems     

Potential technological breakthroughs for phased array antennas

This reports on the analysis of technologies opening avenues for potential technological breakthroughs in phased array antennas. We report on recent results on the insertion of hardware technologies such as RF MEMS and RF Photonics, in the front-end of phased array antennas. Future prospects for the insertion of nanotechnologies are presented.