Distributed optical fiber sensors have the advantages of corrosion resistance, anti-electromagnetic interference and adaptability to extreme environments. They can be used in perimeter security, pipeline monitoring, seismic detection and other fields. A novel optical fiber sensor called microwave frequency fiber interferometer has been proposed for low frequency sensing applications such as submarine seismic monitoring. However, the MFFI can only achieve integrated sensing and cannot achieve distributed localization of disturbances. In order to solve the problem that MFFI cannot achieve distributed localization and make it more suitable for long distance sensing applications, we propose a dual wavelength MFFI system based on wavelength division multiplexing to achieve distributed localization through time delay estimation algorithm. Our proposed system and algorithm make up for the inability of MFFI to achieve distributed localization and can be used in more sensing applications.
An optical true-time delay generation scheme based on WSS for adaptive null steering is proposed. The system is based on optically-switched fiber TTD technology. Take the advantages of the LCoS-based programmable WSS, arbitrary multiple true-time delays to generate multiple nulls can simultaneously be synthesized by control the routing of the optical radio frequency signal between the wavelength selective switches. We simulate the scheme with Optisystem and Matlab, the results confirm the scheme is able to achieve null depth over 50dB.
The precision of frequency signal is constantly improving, and the application of high-precision frequency signals requires an equally high-precision transmission method. So in this paper, we demonstrate an optical carrier radiofrequency phase stabilization transfer system based on a phase lock loop (PLL), applied to a 20 km spooled fiber link. The phase noise induced by optical fiber is suppressed by the PLL, and the transfer stability improved from 7.2×10-13@1 s to 8.9×10-15@1 s. In addition, the phase difference of peak-to-peak with compensation is less than 10 ps in a measurement of about 1 day. The phase study in antenna is with the compensation mode, so this work will lay the foundation for the phase synchronization of distributed coherent antenna system.
The increasing demands for enhance information security in the national defense and military applications such as satellite communication and integrated RF front end, have led to a critical requirement for high-speed frequency-hopping systems. However, the traditional frequency-hopping systems which is based on electrical domain is limited by its own electronic bottleneck. For example, the bandwidth is generally limited to several GHz, and the speed is generally limited to ms. Therefore, this paper innovatively propose a frequency-hopping system which has wide hopping-frequency bandwidth and frequency-hopping speed by using microwave photonics. The system has a frequency hopping bandwidth of more than 70GHz, a hopping speed of up to ns, and a maximum support of 35 frequency points, which can greatly expand the application prospect of secure communication.
Concerning future ultra wideband (UWB) real-time measurement of electromagnetic spectrum demand in electromagnetic battlefield, this paper proposes a frequency-time mapping measurement method based on microwave photonics. Frequency-time mapping, or real-time Fourier transform, maps the input ultra-wideband electromagnetic spectrum information to the output time-domain waveform. The electromagnetic spectrum signal is modulated to light by CS-SSB modulation, and frequency-time mapping is formed by using electrically modulated micro-ring. Through simulation verification, the method can achieve frequency measurement of panoramic bandwidth signal from100MHz to 30GHz.The frequency resolution can reach 80 MHZ, whose scanning time is less than 20us. The method can achieve ultra-high speed, high-precision, broadband measurement of wideband complex electromagnetic spectrum situation, providing technical support for future electromagnetic spectrum operations.
Vector beam lasers are highly desirable for wide applications ranging from manipulation to communications. In this paper, we report the first directly modulated vector beam laser with azimuthally polarized emission. It’s a microcylinder cavity added with proper second order grating on the top, which enables single-mode lasing and efficient surface emission. Through theoretically and numerically analysis, the lasers are designed in detail. With optimized top grating, the emission is azimuthally polarized vector beam.
In the fields of ultra-wideband satellite communication, integrated radio frequency, radar and other national defense and military at present, it is necessary to realize the interconversion between baseband signals and radio frequency signals in Ka or even U band and L band to meet the processing requirements of RF front-end. Traditional electronic technology usually uses multistage local vibration mixing to realize frequency conversion, which is complicated and accompanied by serious nonlinearity and noise accumulation. As a kind of multi-wavelength light source, optical frequency beam can provide stable multiple local oscillations in the optical domain, and move the baseband/RF signals to the optical domain to achieve flexible mixing processing. In this paper, an UWB microwave photonic mixing technology based on optical frequency comb is innovatively proposed. UWB octave-spanning up-conversion from 10MHz to 60.01 GHz and down-conversion can be achieved by using only 20 GHz microwave driver, which effectively improves the RF preprocessing capability of UWB transmitter in the field of national defense and military.
A differentiator-based photonic approach for the instantaneous microwave frequency measurement (IFM) using a phase modulator and an optical Gaussian filter is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. A microwave frequency measurement with high resolution is achieved by a monotonous frequency-to-power mapping obtained by differential operation in optical domain. A proof-of-concept experiment has been performed, in which a measurement error less than ±0.1 GHz over the frequency range 0.1-10 GHz with input power of 0 dBm is demonstrated. The measurement error of the IFM system is still less than ±0.24 GHz, even though input signal power decreases to -30 dBm. The approach suggests a potential capacity for integrated IFM by using all-optical computing.
Photonic generation and processing of high-frequency and large-bandwidth microwave arbitrary waveforms have become an increasingly important area that can find numerous applications, such as in ultrawide-band (UWB) communication systems, radar, and other warfare systems, and the quality directly decides the system performance. Based on the microwave photonic channelization, arbitrary waveforms were generated through dual optical frequency combs (OFCs) with different free spectrum ranges (FSR). Due to the multiple optical channels with tunable amplitude and phase, the fundamental and higher harmonics are generated simultaneously and used to synthesize into the required waveforms. Combining the advantages of low-loss broadband photonics and microwave with fine narrowband control, the proposed channelized synthesis arbitrary waveform overcomes the electronic bottleneck of ultra-wideband analog processing and opens up a whole new solution to microwave signal generation. The simulation experiment system based on Optisystem software is conducted, the results confirm that an arbitrary wave, such as triangular, square, and sawtooth will be generated by adjusting the channel parameters, and the accuracy of the generated waveforms can be improved by introducing the fifth Fourier component. Compared to the waveform synthesized by the third-order harmonic, the root mean square error (RMSE) of the fifth-order harmonic is increased by 17%-20%.
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