Photonics for microwave measurements

X Zou, B Lu, W Pan, L Yan, A Stöhr… - Laser & Photonics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging topic, photonic‐assisted microwave measurements with distinct features
such as wide frequency coverage, large instantaneous bandwidth, low frequency …

Ultra-wideband and adaptive photonic signal processing of microwave signals

RA Minasian - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave photonic techniques are attractive for processing high bandwidth signals,
overcoming inherent electronic limitations. These processors provide new capabilities for …

Towards on-chip photonic-assisted radio-frequency spectral measurement and monitoring

L Romero Cortés, D Onori, H Guillet de Chatellus… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Precise detection and monitoring of the frequency spectrum of microwave signals are
essential to myriad scientific and technological disciplines, including both civil and defense …

Dual-polarization RF channelizer based on microcombs

W Han, Z Liu, Y Xu, M Tan, Y Li, X Zhu, Y Ou, F Yin… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We report a dual-polarization radio frequency (RF) channelizer based on microcombs. Two
high-Q micro-ring resonators (MRRs) with slightly different free spectral ranges (FSRs) are …

Photonics for ultrawideband RF spectral analysis in electronic warfare applications

P Ghelfi, F Scotti, D Onori… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electronic warfare receivers must satisfy particularly demanding requirements, and current
electronic solutions must find a tradeoff between the request for high performance (in …

Photonic approach to wide-frequency-range high-resolution microwave/millimeter-wave Doppler frequency shift estimation

X Zou, W Li, B Lu, W Pan, L Yan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-resolution Doppler frequency shift (DFS) estimation in a wide frequency range is
essential for radar, microwave/millimeter-wave, and communication systems. In this paper, a …

Wideband Doppler frequency shift measurement and direction ambiguity resolution using optical frequency shift and optical heterodyning

B Lu, W Pan, X Zou, X Yan, L Yan, B Luo - Optics Letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A photonic approach for both wideband Doppler frequency shift (DFS) measurement and
direction ambiguity resolution is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In the …

Multiple-frequency measurement based on a Fourier domain mode-locked optoelectronic oscillator operating around oscillation threshold

T Hao, J Tang, N Shi, W Li, N Zhu, M Li - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a photonic-assisted approach to microwave
frequency measurement based on frequency-to-time mapping using a Fourier domain mode …

Photonic RF Channelization Applications of Microcombs

W Han, Z Liu, Y Xu, M Tan, C Huang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent decades, microwave photonic channelization techniques have developed
significantly. Characterized by low loss, high versatility, large instantaneous bandwidth, and …

Improved dynamic range microwave photonic instantaneous frequency measurement based on four-wave mixing

H Emami, M Ashourian - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An improved dynamic range instantaneous frequency measurement system based on four-
wave mixing effect in a highly nonlinear fiber was practically demonstrated. A closed-form …