Microwave Photonic Link with Carrier Suppression for Increased Dynamic Range

Theoretical analysis and experimental investigation of microwave photonic links with bias-shifted Mach-Zehnder modulators are presented. An optical amplifier is used to increase link gain and reduce noise figure. The combination of modulator bias shift away from quadrature and optical amplification reduces the link noise figure by more than 15 dB. For modulation frequencies from 2 to 18 GHz, the third-order limited spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR3) of these links is greater than 120 dB, normalized to a 1-Hz bandwidth. Conventional links based on Mach-Zehnder modulators are limited to SFDR3 values of approximately 110 dB, normalized to a 1-Hz bandwidth. This level of performance is achieved without electronic or optical linearization.     

The role of monaural frequency selectivity in binaural analysis

The relation between the monaural critical band and binaural analysis was examined using an NoSm MLD paradigm, in order to resolve ambiguities about the width of the masking spectrum important for binaural detection. A 500-Hz pure-tone signal was presented with a 600-Hz-wide band of masking noise to the signal ear. Bands of noise ranging in width from 25 to 600 Hz, or noise notches (imposed on a 600-Hz-wide band centered on the signal frequency) ranging in width from 0 to 600 Hz were presented to the nonsignal ear. All noise bands and notches were centered on 500 Hz, the frequency of the signal. The effects of varying bandwidth were radically different from those of varying notchwidth: the MLD changed from zero to approximately 8 dB over a bandwidth range of 400 Hz; for notchwidths, however, the MLD changed 8 dB over a range of only 50 Hz. The results support an interpretation that the fine frequency selectivity of monaural analysis is preserved in peripheral binaural interaction, but that a relatively wide frequency range of critical bands is scanned at a later stage of binaural processing. It was suggested that the wide spectral range of binaural analysis may provide a background against which binaural differences due to the signal are detected.     

Spectral hole burning for wideband, high-resolution radio-frequency spectrum analysis

We present experimental results for what is to our knowledge the first spectral-hole-burning based rf spectrum analyzer to cover 10 GHz of rf analysis bandwidth. The rf signal of interest is modulated onto an optical carrier, and the resultant optical sidebands are burned into the inhomogeneously broadened absorption band of a Tm3+:YAG crystal. At the same time a second, frequency-swept laser reads out the absorption profile, which is a double-sideband replica of the rf spectrum, and thus the rf spectrum can be deduced after spectral calibration of the nonlinear readout chirp. This initial demonstration shows spectral analysis covering 10 GHz of bandwidth with >5500 spectral channels and provides 43 dB of dynamic range.     

滑动移除小波分析法在动力学结构突变检验中的应用

标度指数计算的即时性与准确性对相关时间序列的动力学结构突变分析至关重要,然而现有方法在即时性与准确性上一直无法兼顾.将小波分析方法与滑动移除窗口技术相融合,提出一种新的动力学结构突变检测方法——滑动移除小波分析法.通过选取不同的滑动移除窗口,分别对构建的线性、非线性理想时间序列进行动力学结构突变分析,结果表明不论是线性时间序列还是非线性时间序列,滑动移除小波分析能够准确地检测到序列的动力学结构突变点及突变区间,对于滑动移除窗口长度依赖性较小,具有很强的稳定性,而且在计算速度上明显优于滑动移除重标极差和滑动移除方差分析方法,将在大数据处理中具有一定的优势.同时分别对线性、非线性理想时间序列添加高斯白噪声,结果表明滑动移除小波分析具有很强的抗噪能力,能够准确地检测到加噪后序列的突变点.对佛坪站日最高温度实测资料的动力学结构突变的准确检测进一步验证了该方法的有效性.滑动移除小波分析法可为具有相关性的系统动力学结构突变的快速、准确检测提供一种途径.     

Wavelet based noise suppression technique and its application to ultrasonic flaw detection

The noise suppression techniques with wavelet transform (WT) are widely used in non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E), especially in ultrasonics. Complete reconstruction theory with hard or soft thresholds, reconstruction technique based on the singularities of noise and signal, matched filter with an impulse response, and optimal frequency-to-bandwidth ratio of wavelet technique have all been used to analyze ultrasonic signals for noise suppression. But a more simple and effective technique has been pursued for decades. This paper develops a new technique using WT for the right purpose. In this work, WT is treated as a band-pass filter whose central frequency and frequency bandwidth (CF&FB) are determined by the spectra distribution of an ultrasonic signal captured from real testing situation. For the purpose of matching their CF&FB well, a technique for evaluating the optimal scale of a daughter wavelet is carried out too. By acting this daughter wavelet as a band-pass filter, we can obtain excellent de-noising results, even when the signal to noise ratio (SNR) is below -18 dB. The performance of the technique has been done by ultrasonic signals with computer generated white noises. Finally, the experimental verification is performed on a pipeline specimen with man-made small flaws with good results obtained. The results show that the technique is more suitable for processing heavy noised ultrasonic signals, and it can also be used in automatic flaw detection.     

I/Q intensity-demodulation analog photonic link based on polarization modulator

We experimentally investigate a high-linearity analog photonic link based on polarization-modulation in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) intensity-demodulation. In the proposed system, a light wave with its polarization direction oriented at an angle of 45° with respect to the principal axis of the polarization modulator (PolM) is polarization modulated by a drive signal. In the receiver, the polarization-modulated signal is split into two paths using a 50:50 optical coupler (OC). In each path, a polarization beam splitter (PBS) is connected to the PolM via a polarization controller (PC) to realize the in-phase and quadrature signal, respectively. Thanks to the polarization-modulation to intensity-modulation conversion, the fluctuation of the optical phase noise has no impact on the coherent signals. In addition, the use of a single PolM allows the link avoids the matching requirements of dual modulator schemes. The linearization leads to suppression of the third-order intermodulation (IMD3) by more than 40 dB, compared to the quadrature signal. Experimental results show that the link gain is -11.5 dB, noise figure is 26.5 dB, and the third-order limited spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) is 124 dB in a 1 Hz bandwidth.     

基于广义窗函数和最小二乘支持向量机的混沌背景下微弱信号检测

为了从混沌背景中检测微弱信号,研究分析了复杂非线性系统的相空间重构理论,提出了一种基于广义窗函数的最小二乘支持向量机的预测法. 该方法以广义嵌入窗为基础,利用自关联函数法确定Lorenz系统的嵌入维数和时间延迟, 实现相空间重构,结合最小二乘支持向量机建立Lorenz系统的误差预测模型, 检测微弱目标信号(瞬态和周期信号).仿真实验表明,该方法的预测模型具有较小的误差, 能够有效地从混沌背景噪声中检测出微弱目标信号,减小噪声对目标信号的影响. 与传统方法相比,在降低检测门限的同时,能够有效地提高预测的精度, 在混沌噪声下信噪比为-87.41 dB的情况下,相对于传统支持向量机方法所得的均方根误差0.049(-54.60 dB时)降低近两个数量级至0.000036123(-87.41 dB时).     

Dynamic-performance characterization of C-band EDFA using ASE-power peak-selective feedback gain-clamping

We propose and demonstrate a C-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) using amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) power peaking-selective and feedback to achieve highly stabilized and wide dynamic range gain clamping performances. The gain of 16.20 ± 0.13 dB is obtained with the input signal power dynamic range of 30 dB and the maximum noise figure (NF) was 6.6 dB with the input signal power from −35 to −10 dBm. To investigate the gain variation for the probe signals, we applied a saturation tone signal to simulate 16-channel DWDM signals as it is added (dropped) into (from) EDFA. The gain variation of the proposed scheme at a appropriate ring-cavity loss (VOA = 5 dB) is less than 0.13 dB for the input signal power from −35 to −5 dBm and wavelength from 1530 to 1564 nm.     

基于双平行马赫-曾德尔调制器的大动态范围微波光子下变频方法

为了提高微波光子下变频链路的性能,提出了基于集成双平行马赫-曾德尔调制器的微波光子下变频方法.通过理论推导和数值仿真分析了系统的增益和无杂散动态范围,实验搭建了基于双平行马赫-曾德尔调制器的下变频链路,控制直流偏置电压使双平行马赫-曾德尔调制器工作在高载波抑制的双边带调制模式,并对链路进行了性能测试.实验结果表明:该下变频链路的增益为7.43 d B,无杂散动态范围达到了110.85 d B/Hz2/3,工作频段可覆盖5—18 GHz的宽频范围.基于双平行马赫-曾德尔调制器的下变频方法可优化设计输出频谱,系统结构简单、易于实现,为微波光子下变频链路提供了有效的解决方案.     

Comparison of nonlinear dynamic methods and perturbation methods for voice analysis

Nonlinear dynamic methods and perturbation methods are compared in terms of the effects of signal length, sampling rate, and noise. Results of theoretical and experimental studies quantitatively show that measurements representing frequency and amplitude perturbations are not applicable to chaotic signals because of difficulties in pitch tracking and sensitivity to initial state differences. Perturbation analyses are only reliable when applied to nearly periodic voice samples of sufficiently long signal lengths that were obtained at high sampling rates and low noise levels. In contrast, nonlinear dynamic methods, such as correlation dimension, allow the quantification of chaotic time series. Additionally, the correlation dimension method presents a more stable analysis of nearly periodic voice samples for shorter signal lengths, lower sampling rates, and higher noise levels. The correlation dimension method avoids some of the methodological issues associated with perturbation methods, and may potentially improve the ability for real time analysis as well as reduce costs in experimental designs for objectively assessing voice disorders.     

Extension of frequency measurements with Schottky diodes to the 4 THz range

The 11th harmonic mixing signals between a 386 GHz oscillator and a 4.25 THz laser with a signal to noise ratio of 25 dB in 100 kHz bandwidth have been obtained with a Schottky diode.     

高动态范围声光接收机

介绍了一种高动态范围声光接收机，这种接收机具备实现宽带射频信号幅度，频率和相位的信道比探测能力，该接收机在０．６３２８μｍ激光器的工作条件下（１．０ｍＷ），声光布拉格盒在５０ｍＷ射频信号区动下，在１４０ＭＨｚ的中心频率上２０ＭＨdisplay status     

Fabrication and characterization of ultra-low noise narrow and wide band Josephson parametric amplifiers

We have fabricated two types of lumped-element Josephson parameter amplifiers (JPAs) by using a multilayer micro-fabrication process involving wet etching of Al films. The first type is a narrow band JPA which shows typical gain above 14 dB in a bandwidth around 35 MHz. The second type is a wideband JPA which is coupled to an input 50 Ω transmission line via an impedance transformer that changes the impedance from about 15 Ω on the non-linear resonator side to 50 Ω on the input transmission line side. The wideband JPA could operate in a 200 MHz range with a gain higher than 14 dB. The amplifiers were used for superconducting qubit readout. The results showed that the signal to noise ratio and hence the readout fidelity were improved significantly.     

Model-based detector and extraction of weak signal frequencies from chaotic data

Detecting a weak signal from chaotic time series is of general interest in science and engineering. In this work we introduce and investigate a signal detection algorithm for which chaos theory, nonlinear dynamical reconstruction techniques, neural networks, and time-frequency analysis are put together in a synergistic manner. By applying the scheme to numerical simulation and different experimental measurement data sets (Henon map, chaotic circuit, and NH(3) laser data sets), we demonstrate that weak signals hidden beneath the noise floor can be detected by using a model-based detector. Particularly, the signal frequencies can be extracted accurately in the time-frequency space. By comparing the model-based method with the standard denoising wavelet technique as well as supervised principal components analysis detector, we further show that the nonlinear dynamics and neural network-based approach performs better in extracting frequencies of weak signals hidden in chaotic time series.     

Nonlinear dynamic filtering of logarithmically amplified fringe signals in optical coherence tomography applied to paper measurements

Application of the nonlinear Kalman filtering method to logarithmically amplified low-coherence fringe signals measured from paper samples is considered. Experimental results of dynamic fringe envelope recovery in optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems are presented. The analog fringe envelope and digital dynamic fringe envelope recoveries from noisy signals are compared. The results show that the nonlinear discrete Kalman filtering method can be applied to estimate envelopes of logarithmically transformed low-coherence fringe signals with high noise immunity. Logarithmic amplification reduces quantization error in dealing with small signal values. The experimental results obtained demonstrate the possibility of purely digital signal processing in OCT. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Single-stage gain-clamped L-band EDFA with C-band ASE saturating tone

We demonstrate a single-stage gain-clamped L-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier with 1480 nm pump wavelength. The gain-clamping technique is achieved by utilizing the backward propagation of C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). This unwanted noise is reflected back into the optical amplifier and its intensity is adjusted using the variable optical attenuator. The C-band ASE sets the population inversion level along the Erbium doped-fiber and limits the L-band signal amplification to a specific value. The whole optical bandwidth in L-band can be employed for signal amplification since the saturating tone is out of the band. The gain dynamic range of 11.7 dB is obtained between 21.7 and 10.0 dB with noise figure of less than 5.5 dB for signal power up to 2 dBm.     

Smoothing of the bispectral density estimate based on digital nonlinear filtering and the Kravchenko weight functions

The methods of smoothing of the bispectral density estimate when solving the problems of restoration of signals with an unknown shape in the interference environment and random signal delay are considered for the first time. The performed analysis of statistical characteristics of noise that presents in the bispectrum estimate shows that these statistical characteristics have a rather complex unsteady behavior. An ambiguous selection of a filter optimal by the criterion of the minimum of the root-mean-square error and the minimum of dynamic distortions introduced by the filter seems to be problematic because of the unsteady behavior of counts of the bispectral density estimate and the absence of a priori data on the parameters of the restored signal. Therefore, statistic investigations were performed with the use of linear and nonlinear digital filters with variations of the sliding window sizes. It is shown that the advantages of the proposed approach most pronouncedly manifest themselves with the use of the nonlinear digital filtration and small signal/noise ratios at the input and/or with a small sampling volume of observed implementations. The Kravchenko weight functions are proposed to smooth the bispectrum of the multifrequency signal with a large dynamic range of variations in amplitudes of spectral components. The presented results are of practical interest for use in applications such as radiolocation, hydrolocation, and digital communication.     

Dynamic range improvement in NMR imaging using phase scrambling

Data collection efficiency in NMR imaging is impaired if the dynamic range of the receiver system is limited in comparison with that of the observed signal. This situation may occur in high-resolution proton imaging of large objects at high magnetic field strengths. The efficiency with which information is received can be increased by reducing the peak amplitude of the spin response by varying the phase distribution of the excited spins. This phase scrambling technique may be implemented using tailored RF excitation or by dephasing using nonlinear magnetic field gradients and can be applied in all dimensions of an acquired data set, providing a significant reduction in the dynamic range requirements of the detection electronics. Experimental results using 2D Fourier imaging have obtained up to 25 dB reduction in peak signal intensities. Image signal-to-noise ratios improved up to a factor of 6, with actual values dependent on experimental conditions. Simulation studies show that computational noise introduced during Fourier transformation is significantly reduced when phase scrambling is employed.     

Summation bandwidths at threshold in normal and hearing-impaired listeners

The bandwidths for summation at threshold were measured for subjects with normal hearing and subjects with sensorineural hearing loss. Thresholds in quiet and in the presence of a masking noise were measured for complex stimuli consisting of 1 to 40 pure-tone components spaced 20 Hz apart. The single component condition consisted of a single pure tone at 1100 Hz; additional components were added below this frequency, in a replication of the G?ssler [Acustica 4, 408-414 (1954)] procedure. For the normal subjects, thresholds increased approximately 3 dB per doubling of bandwidth for signal bandwidths exceeding the critical bandwidth. This slope was less for the hearing-impaired subjects. Summation bandwidths, as estimated from two-line fits, were wider for the hearing-impaired than for the normal subjects. These findings provide evidence that hearing-impaired subjects integrate sound energy over a wider-than-normal frequency range for the detection of complex signals. A second experiment used stimuli similar to those of Spiegel [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 66, 1356-1363 (1979)], and added components both above and below the frequency of the initial component. Using these stimuli, the slope of the threshold increase beyond the critical bandwidth was approximately 1.5 dB per doubling of bandwidth, thus replicating the Spiegel (1979) experiment. It is concluded that the differences between the G?ssler (1954) and Spiegel (1979) studies were due to the different frequency content of the stimuli used in each study. Based upon the present results, it would appear that the slope of threshold increase is dependent upon the direction of signal expansion, and the size of the critical bands into which the signal is expanded.     

Comodulation masking release (CMR) as a function of masker bandwidth, modulator bandwidth, and signal duration

These experiments examine how comodulation masking release (CMR) varies with masker bandwidth, modulator bandwidth, and signal duration. In experiment 1, thresholds were measured for a 400-ms, 2000-Hz signal masked by continuous noise varying in bandwidth from 50-3200 Hz in 1-oct steps. In one condition, using random noise maskers, thresholds increased with increasing bandwidth up to 400 Hz and then remained approximately constant. In another set of conditions, the masker was multiplied (amplitude modulated) by a low-pass noise (bandwidth varied from 12.5-400 Hz in 1-oct steps). This produced correlated envelope fluctuations across frequency. Thresholds were generally lower than for random noise maskers with the same bandwidth. For maskers less than one critical band wide, the release from masking was largest (about 5 dB) for maskers with low rates of modulation (12.5-Hz-wide low-pass modulator). It is argued that this release from masking is not a "true" CMR but results from a within-channel cue. For broadband maskers (greater than 400 Hz), the release from masking increased with increasing masker bandwidth and decreasing modulator bandwidth, reaching an asymptote of 12 dB for a masker bandwidth of 800 Hz and a modulator bandwidth of 50 Hz. Most of this release from masking can be attributed to a CMR. In experiment 2, the modulator bandwidth was fixed at 12.5 Hz and the signal duration was varied. For masker bandwidths greater than 400 Hz, the CMR decreased from 12 to 5 dB as the signal duration was decreased from 400 to 25 ms.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)