数字化相控阵天线测试方法及测试系统设计

伴随着雷达技术的飞速发展,数字化相控阵天线开始广泛运用于各种相控阵雷达当中。由于数字化相控阵天线的工作原理与传统模拟相控阵天线差异极大,测试方法也发生了根本性的改变,原有的基于普通微波仪表的天线测试系统无法再对数字化相控阵天线进行测试,必须设计新型的数字化相控阵天线测试系统。本文首先介绍了数字化相控阵天线自身的工作原理和测试方法,随后提出了新型数字化相控阵天线测试系统的具体软硬件设计方案,实际应用表明数字化相控阵天线测试系统可以满足各种数字化相控阵天线的测试要求。     

应用于相控阵雷达的光子晶体慢光波导光实时延迟线

光子化研究是相控阵雷达的发展趋势,光子晶体以其优异的集成度及光学特性在相控阵雷达光子化研究中具有广泛的应用前景。基于光子晶体波导慢光特性及热光调制原理,设计了应用于相控阵雷达波束形成网路的光实时延迟线。通过优化光子晶体慢光波导参数,所设计光子晶体光实时延迟线可实现延时量为0~36.69ps的高精度调谐,得到23GHz以上的延时带宽。通过优化实时延迟线群速度随温度的色散特性,温度每变化1℃,延时量变化量在0.36~1.57ps/mm范围内。所提出的基于光子晶体波导的光实时延迟线,可实现延时量的高效、高精度调谐,相对于传统电域波束形成网络,具有集成度高、瞬时带宽大、调谐精度高等优点,为高频段宽带相控阵雷达波束形成网络的研发提供了理论基础。     

声光技术在雷达上的主要应用

通过对声光器件原理、结构和特性的简要回顾 ,着重介绍声光技术在雷达领域中的相关应用 ,其中包括频谱分析、相关处理、延时控制、相控阵等四个方面 ,给出了相应的应用示意图 ,作了一定的说明和分析 ,简单介绍了未来声光技术的发展     

相控阵雷达的关键技术与物理学的波动知识

应用波的相干原理分析了相控阵雷达的工作原理.以波的形成、波的发射和回波的接收等三个环节为主线,简要地介绍了由固态技术、光电子技术、计算机技术和信号处理技术所形成的相控阵雷达关键技术的背景、现状,并展望了相控阵雷达关键技术的未来.     

基于啁啾光纤光栅时分延时的相控阵波束形成

利用脉冲调制雷达信号的间歇性工作特点,不同波长的激光与雷达信号进行时分调制。啁啾光纤光栅将已调制射频信号的一串光脉冲序列进行反射延时,不同波长的激光序列在不同位置反射后产生不同时延。对载波频率等于4GHz的脉冲雷达信号进行实验测量,结果表明4个阵元的延时值与波束指向的理论延迟值一致,满足系统设计要求。     

一种有源相控阵天线误差补偿方法

为了消除由于有源相控阵天线单元间互耦、天线的安装误差、天线方向图的不一致性和天线罩的影响等导致天线校正时与实际天线单元间幅相值存在的差异,采用了一种有源相控阵天线误差补偿方法,获得天线的误差值并保存在雷达校正计算机中,雷达进行校正时调用该值从而很好地消除了上述因素导致的在雷达使用中带来的影响,较好地改善了天线校正的幅相值和波瓣图,保证了雷达实际使用中达到预期指标要求。     

光纤延迟线噪音对相控阵波束指向的影响

基于相位噪音和相控阵理论,运用线阵天线原始方向图函数和光纤链路噪音系数公式,根据天线波束指向实际误差进行合理近似,推导了光延迟线链路噪音系数、天线阵元数与波束指向误差的理论公式.采用常规光纤链路参量进行了仿真研究,结果表明:相控阵天线波束指向误差均方差随光纤链路噪音系数增大而增加,随天线阵元数增加而减小,指向误差与光纤延迟线链路噪音系数的1/2次方成正比,与阵元数的3/2次方成反比.在相控阵天线工作频段内,低频波段受噪音系数影响更加明显.     

啁啾光纤光栅延迟线在光控相控阵雷达中的应用研究

介绍了啁啾光纤光栅延迟线在光控相控阵雷达中的两种应用系统及其工作原理，即基于单波长激光器和多个可调啁啾光纤光栅延迟线的系统以及基于多波长激光器和一个可调啁啾光纤光栅延迟线的系统。介绍了这两种系统的光控相控阵雷达扫描角要实现连续变化时，啁啾光纤光栅延迟线的调谐原理。分析结果表明，若啁啾光纤光栅的长度长而反射谱窄，则啁啾光纤光栅较小的调谐量就能使光控相控阵雷达天线实现较大的扫描范围。     

基于反谐振波导微环的光控波束延时网络设计

设计了面向Ka频段(30 GHz)相控阵天线的4阵元子阵集成波导光延时网络。该光延时网络采用相位调制方式将射频信号转换至光域,波导微环处于反谐振状态,以实现大带宽、连续可调延时;通过带通滤波仅对一个边带进行延时调控,基于差分平衡探测器还原出射频信号。优化设计了级联双波导微环的结构参数,使每条路径的延时量在0～24.9 ps范围内连续可调,延时带宽大于4 GHz,实现了最大扫描角为±30°的波束扫描。对光延时网络链路的增益和噪声系数进行了推导分析,评估了整个延时芯片系统在实际应用中的性能。     

相控阵雷达

相控阵雷达浙江大学黄正东，陈凤至相控阵雷达在现代国防和导航等方面有广泛的用途．它涉及光栅原理和电磁波的性质，是经典理论在新技术上应用的一个很好的范例．电扫描雷达指的是只用电的方法控制电磁波束指向的雷达．相控阵雷达是其中最新的一种．它以相位控制实现波的...     

Tunable Chirped Fiber Grating Based Variable Time-Delay Network for Phased-Array Antenna Beamforming

In this paper, we present a photonics continuous beamforming system for optically controlled phased-array antenna based on a tunable fiber ring laser source and a novel variable true-time delay network consisting of one single-mode fiber delay line and four tunable chirped grating delay lines. The chirp rate of each chirped grating is tuned by bending a uniform fiber Bragg grating (FBG) bonded at a slant onto the lateral surface of a simply supported beam. This kind of variable true-time delay network can provide five-channel time-delayed signals that can be fed to an antenna array to achieve continuously beam scanning. The proposed true-time-delay unit with 5-element phased array steerer is suitable for phased-array antenna beamforming at frequencies up to 12 GHz.     

Photonic true-time delay unit for broadband adaptive nulling in antenna arrays

An Opto-VLSI-based (VLSI: very-large-scale-integration) tunable true-time delay (TTD) generation unit used for adaptive null steering in phased array antennas is presented. The system is based on continuous tunable optical TTD technique. Arbitrary multiple true-time delays to generate multiple broadband nulls can simultaneously be synthesised for each antenna element. The proposed structured are characterised both theoretically and experimentally. Experimental results demonstrating the principle of the true-time delay for null generations are presented. The maximum time delay measured for a wavelength tuning from 1530 to 1560 nm is 9.5 ns.     

Frequency Downconverting Fiber Grating-Based Beamformers for High-Capacity Phased Arrays

A technique is presented to remove the beat noise limitation in multibeam beam formers using a simple all-optical microwave frequency downconversion technique prior to performing the true-time delay equalization in the optical domain. The frequency conversion concept enables a significant increase in beam-number capac ity to be achieved due to the elimination of beat noise limits, and also effectively removes the power penalty due to chromatic dispersion limitations of the chirped grating units in the beamformer. The Bragg grating requirements for the frequency converting beamforming network are analyzed and show that tanh-profile apodized gratings can meet the isolation, reflectivity, and narrow bandwidth requirements. For an X-band phased array, more than a twofold increase in beam capacity is shown through the use of the frequency conversion technique with the grating-based beamformer, and the resulting beamformer has the minimum number of optical interconnects with true-time delay operation.     

Frequency Downconverting Fiber Grating-Based Beamformers for High-Capacity Phased Arrays

A technique is presented to remove the beat noise limitation in multibeam beam formers using a simple all-optical microwave frequency downconversion technique prior to performing the true-time delay equalization in the optical domain. The frequency conversion concept enables a significant increase in beam-number capac ity to be achieved due to the elimination of beat noise limits, and also effectively removes the power penalty due to chromatic dispersion limitations of the chirped grating units in the beamformer. The Bragg grating requirements for the frequency converting beamforming network are analyzed and show that tanh-profile apodized gratings can meet the isolation, reflectivity, and narrow bandwidth requirements. For an X-band phased array, more than a twofold increase in beam capacity is shown through the use of the frequency conversion technique with the grating-based beamformer, and the resulting beamformer has the minimum number of optical interconnects with true-time delay operation.     

光纤相控阵稀疏排布优化算法对比

光纤相控阵在激光合束、激光雷达等领域具有应用前景.光纤阵列配置方式不同于微波相控阵,光纤天线间距大于波长时存在周期旁瓣问题,影响主瓣能量分布.本文从物理模型出发,建立了基于同心圆环形点阵集合的光学相控阵天线布阵理论模型,提出了利用解析延拓的傅里叶变换方法实现干涉场强度的快速合成理论,讨论了在离散采样时数值仿真需关注的采样带宽和采样数目问题,解决了快速实现多光束干涉场数值仿真的问题.对比研究了两种优化光学相控阵天线配置的优化算法:遗传算法和粒子群算法,分别实现了不同种群数量遗传算法和粒子群算法迭代优化,分析了二者在优化过程中的收敛速度和优化效果,得到了峰值旁瓣比PSR=0.270的配置阵列.所提出的方法有望用于实际的光学相控阵天线配置中,指导天线主瓣能量最大化的优化设计;研究模型对不可微分目标函数优化问题的研究有一定参考价值.     

Photonic-chip-based tunable slow and fast light via stimulated Brillouin scattering

We report the first (to our knowledge) demonstration of photonic chip based tunable slow and fast light via stimulated Brillouin scattering. Slow, fast, and negative group velocities were observed in a 7 cm long chalcogenide (As(2)S(3)) rib waveguide with a group index change ranging from ~-44 to +130, which results in a maximum delay of ~23 ns at a relatively low gain of ~23 dB. Demonstration of large tunable delays in a chip scale device opens up applications such as frequency sensing and true-time delay for a phased array antenna, where integration and delays ~10 ns are highly desirable.     

频域反射法光纤延时精密测量

本文提出了一种应用于光纤延时系统中实现光纤延时精密测量的新方法,用以提高光纤延时测量的精度和准确性.该方法以1064 nm激光调制信号作为光源,通过测量回波信号的幅值和相位信息得到被测通道的频率响应,采用快速傅里叶逆变换得到被测目标的延时信息,实现光纤延时测量.本文通过理论分析和延时测量实验对频域反射法与传统的时域测量方法进行对比,使用频域反射法在调制频率范围10—200 MHz,采样频率间隔0.5 MHz的实验条件下,实现了3.3 ps延时测量分辨率,并证明了该方法具有比时域方法更高的测量精度,测量结果的准确性更好.     

High-accuracy optical time delay measurement in fiber link [Invited]

Optoelectronic components and subsystems such as optically controlled phased array antennas, distributed radar networks, interferometric optical fiber hydrophones, and high-speed optoelectronic chips demand highaccuracy optical time delay measurement with large measurement range and the capability for single-end and wavelength-dependent measurement. In this paper, the recent advances in the optical time delay measurement of a fiber link with high accuracy are reviewed. The general models of the typical time delay measurement technologies are established with the operational principle analyzed. The performance of these techniques is also discussed.     

4通道交叉型二氧化硅光波导延迟线阵列的设计与制备

设计并制备了一种高集成度、低成本、低损耗4通道交叉型二氧化硅光波导延迟线阵列。利用BPM软件对交叉结构光波导延迟线的Y分支的损耗、弯曲损耗进行数值模拟。综合考虑器件尺寸和损耗参数,设计交叉型延迟线结构的弯曲半径最小为1 500 μm,引入优化的锥口Y分支结构和垂直相交波导结构。采用标准半导体制作工艺制备器件,测试得到了器件的红外输出光斑,延迟线延迟时间分别为0、113、226和339 ps。4通道二氧化硅延迟线阵列能实现相邻通道相等的延迟时间间隔,且可通过集成实现延迟时间的增加,同时输出端可以与光纤阵列集成。