Wang, Chao, Yao, Jianping (2013) Ultrahigh-Resolution Photonic-Assisted Microwave Frequency Identification Based on Temporal Channelization. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 61 (12). pp. 4275-4282. ISSN 0018-9480. (doi:10.1109/TMTT.2013.2285094) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:38913)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2013.2285094 |
Abstract
Real-time ultrahigh-resolution microwave frequency identification is paramount for widespread applications, such as communications, radar, and electronic warfare. Photonics-assisted microwave frequency identification can be achieved using an optical channelizer. While this technique enables simultaneous measurement of multiple frequencies, it has poor measurement resolution due to the large channel spacing, which is usually greater than 1 GHz. Here, we introduce a new channelizer-based microwave frequency measurement technique that offers nearly 500 times higher spectral resolution. This method employs largely dispersed broadband optical pulses to encode the time-domain characteristics of the modulating signal to the optical spectral domain. An optical channelizer is employed to slice the spectrum, which is equivalent to performing temporal sampling of the time-domain waveform. The unknown microwave signal is then reconstructed and its spectral distribution is analyzed by a digital processor. To evaluate the proposed technique, frequency measurements of a single-tone, a multiple-tone, and a frequency-hopping microwave signal are demonstrated. A measurement resolution as high as 55 MHz is achieved using an optical channelizer with a channel spacing of 25 GHz.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2285094 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Optical pulses; Frequency measurement; Microwave measurement; Optical variables measurement; Optical modulation; Microwave photonics |
Subjects: | T Technology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts |
Depositing User: | Tina Thompson |
Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2014 11:47 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:23 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/38913 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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