Millimeter wave imaging at up to 40 frames per second using an optoelectronic photo-injected Fresnel zone plate lens antenna

Duncan Alexander Robertson; Thomas Gallacher; Rune Sondena; David Graham Macfarlane

doi:10.1117/12.2223026

Millimeter wave imaging at up to 40 frames per second using an optoelectronic photo-injected Fresnel zone plate lens antenna

Duncan Alexander Robertson, Thomas Gallacher, Rune Sondena, David Graham Macfarlane

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

Optoelectronic methods are promising for rapid and highly reconfigurable beam steering across the microwave to the terahertz range. In particular, the photo-injected Fresnel zone plate antenna (piFZPA) offers high speed, wide angle, precise beam steering with good beam quality, to enable video rate millimeter wave imagery with no moving parts. We present a piFZPA demonstrator based on a commercial digital light projector (DLP) and high power laser which achieves steering rates up to 17,500 beams per second at 94 and 188 GHz. We also demonstrate radar imaging at 94 GHz at frame rates of 40 Hz (2D PPI) and 7 Hz (3D volumetric).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XIX
Editors	David A Wikner, Arttu R Luukanen
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223026
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2016
Event	SPIE Conference on Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XIX - MD, Baltimore, United States Duration: 18 Apr 2016 → 21 Apr 2016 https://spie.org/SI16D/conferencedetails/passive-active-millimeter-wave-imaging

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	9830

Conference

Conference	SPIE Conference on Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XIX
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	18/04/16 → 21/04/16
Internet address	https://spie.org/SI16D/conferencedetails/passive-active-millimeter-wave-imaging

Keywords

Imaging
Beam steering
Fresnel zone plate
Millimeter wave
Digital light projector
Radar
Plasma antenna

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Robertson, DA, Gallacher, T, Sondena, R & Macfarlane, DG 2016, Millimeter wave imaging at up to 40 frames per second using an optoelectronic photo-injected Fresnel zone plate lens antenna. in DA Wikner & AR Luukanen (eds), Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XIX. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9830, SPIE, SPIE Conference on Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XIX , Baltimore, United States, 18/04/16. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223026

Millimeter wave imaging at up to 40 frames per second using an optoelectronic photo-injected Fresnel zone plate lens antenna. / Robertson, Duncan Alexander; Gallacher, Thomas; Sondena, Rune et al.
Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XIX. ed. / David A Wikner; Arttu R Luukanen. SPIE, 2016. (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9830).

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