基于受激布里渊散射的可调谐稳定光电振荡器

如何获得频率高、相位噪声低和稳定性高的微波信号一直都是微波光子学领域的研究热点。基于此，提出一种基于受激布里渊散射（SBS）的可调谐光电振荡器（OEO）。实验中光载波和泵浦光来自同一可调谐激光器，利用泵浦光的SBS对光载波的相位调制边带进行放大，通过改变可调谐激光器的输出波长使布里渊频移量发生变化，从而实现输出微波信号的可调谐。实验结果表明，所设计的OEO可以实现频率范围为10.13～10.65 GHz的信号输出，可调谐范围为520 MHz。结构中仅使用了一个相位调制器，无偏压输入器件的引入，这使得所设计的OEO稳定性较高。在20 min内频率漂移小于1 MHz，功率变化小于1.15 dB。     

基于高阶受激布里渊散射的高频微波信号产生技术

对受激布里渊散射(SBS)信号产生的过程及原理进行了分析,提出了一种利用环腔多次放大产生多级布里渊散射信号的方法,并通过实验产生了较为稳定的1～6阶散射信号。在此基础上,提出了一种利用环腔所产生的四阶布里渊散射信号对经马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM)调制产生的四阶边带信号进行选择放大,而后将被放大了的高阶边带信号与载波信号进行拍频,从而获得高频微波信号的简单方法。该方法仅需要一个掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)就可以产生高达n(1≤n≤6)倍于11GHz的微波信号,具有器件成本低、倍频效率高的优点。仿真和实验结果证实该方法是可行的。     

基于光载波抑制调制的可调谐高倍频毫米波信号发生器

提出了一种基于改进的光载波抑制调制方式的光学生成高倍频可调谐毫米波的方案.该方案利用均匀光纤光栅型声光可调谐滤波器选取光载波抑制信号中的两个边带分量进行拍频,实现高倍频且倍频因子可调的毫米波信号的生成.为避免色散所致的码元时移效应,将基带数据信号仅调制到光载波抑制信号的一个边带分量上.仿真验证了倍频因子分别为2,6,10,14,18和22的毫米波信号的生成.另外,对22倍频下的光载无线电系统的链路性能进行了仿真分析,毫米波信号在调制2Gbit/s的非归零码型数据信号经50km的光纤传输后,系统的眼图仍保持良好的睁开度,链路的功率代价仅为0.4dB.系统具有良好的传输性能,可以满足通信系统的需求.     

基于光子晶体光纤中受激布里渊散射的光载波抑制

设计了一种基于光子晶体光纤中受激布里渊散射的载波滤波器.该滤波器利用两个环形器和一段光子晶体光纤构成了一个环形腔,这种腔结构有效地降低了光纤中受激布里渊散射的阈值.理论分析了光子晶体光纤载波滤波器对提高光调制深度和射频增益的影响.利用25 m的高非线性光子晶体光纤作为受激布里渊增益介质,当入射载波功率为70 mW时,微波光子信号的射频增益为5.38 dB,实验结果与理论计算相吻合.     

基于双通道马赫曾德尔调制器调制边带滤波的微波光子移相器

提出了一种基于双通道马赫曾德尔调制器(DPMZM)调制边带滤波的微波光子移相器。在双通道马赫曾德尔调制器的结构中,在一路马赫曾德尔干涉仪上实现抑制光载波的双边带调制输出,而在另一路马赫曾德尔的相位调节臂上通过调节偏置电压实现光载波信号的光学移相,两路光信号经过干涉合路后由光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)滤除其中一个一阶边带,最后输入到光电探测器(PD)进行光电转换得到移相的微波信号。实验结果表明,基于DPMZM调制边带滤波的微波光子移相器具有传输特性稳定、输出幅度波动小的优点。该结构还具有相移调节响应速度快、应用频带宽以及移相范围大于360°等特点。     

受激布里渊相移功率依赖性理论与实验研究

建模并仿真了受激布里渊散射损耗相移谱的宽范围功率依赖特性;设计了基于外差抽运-斯托克斯技术的受激布里渊损耗相移谱测量系统,在抽运光功率5μW~15mW和斯托克斯光功率3.5~110mW范围内测量了400m标准单模光纤的受激布里渊损耗相移谱;分析了实测受激布里渊损耗相移谱产生中心不对称性的机理。结果表明,受激布里渊损耗相移范围与斯托克斯光功率呈良好线性关系,基本不受抽运光功率影响;实测受激布里渊损耗相移谱中心不对称性主要由光纤色散以及非线性折射率引起的非线性效应共同作用产生。根据理论和实验结果,分析了受激布里渊散射相移谱功率依赖性在微波光子信号处理和分布式光纤传感中的应用,为基于受激布里渊散射相移原理的应用系统设计提供理论依据。     

基于受激布里渊散射的宽带宽和高精度的微波频率瞬时测量

提出了一种基于受激布里渊散射效应的瞬时频率测量方法.未知信号经过强度调制作为泵浦光,矢量网络分析仪产生的信号经过相位调制作为扫描信号光,当泵浦光和扫描信号光之间满足相位匹配条件时,受激布里渊散射效应发生并实现相位调制到强度调制的转换,未知信号的频率被测量.实验验证可以测量0.5 GHz-27 GHz的微波信号的频率,最大误差小于20 MHz.     

基于双平行马赫曾德调制器的动态可调光载波边带比光单边带调制：理论分析与实验研究

理论分析并实验研究了一种基于双平行马赫曾德调制器(DP-MZM)具有动态光载波边带比(OCSR)调谐能力的光单边带(OSSB) 调制实现方案, 方案利用DP-MZM内部集成的三个独立的调制单元, 分别实现OSSB调制、光载波移相和光信号干涉, 最终, 仅需改变调制器的一个偏置点, 就实现了OCSR的动态调谐, 实验得到了小信号调制(调制系数m=0.2)下, OCSR的可调范围-20.8–23.5 dB. 并分析了OCSR与射频功率之间的对应关系, 通过本方案调谐至最佳的OCSR可提高模拟光链路接收灵敏度. 关键词： 光纤通信 微波光子 光载波边带比 光单边带调制     

基于受激布里渊散射的光子辅助瞬时测频方案

提出了一种瞬时多频率微波信号测量方案,采用单个激光源,将待测微波信号调制的光载波作为泵浦光,利用波分复用形成多路结构,同时与分路后的光频梳一一对应送入色散位移光纤,利用受激布里渊散射原理实现频率到空间的映射,通过监测相应通道输出光信号强度的变化,即可判断待测微波信号的频率.在仿真实验中,分别对0～25 GHz范围内的单...     

基于微波电光调制的布里渊光时域分析传感器

针对布里渊光时域分析分布式传感原理和受激布里渊散射的特点,应用微波电光调制分布反馈式半导体激光器产生频移可调的探测光,和传感光纤中相反方向传输的脉冲激励光进行受激布里渊散射作用,当探测光和激励光的频率差在布里渊频移附近时,频移探测光和激励光产生受激布里渊散射,通过改变探测光的频移值,检测探测光功率信号,可得到沿光纤各处的布里渊频移,再利用布里渊频移和应变（或温度）的关系,计算得到沿光纤分布的传感量。设计了基于微波电光调制的布里渊光时域分析传感器实验系统,实现了25km的分布式温度传感,达到5m的空间分辨力和3℃的温度分辨力。     

On‐chip stimulated Brillouin Scattering for microwave signal processing and generation

Demonstration of continuously tunable delay, low‐noise lasers, dynamically controlled gratings, and optical phase shifting using the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) process has lead to the emergence of SBS as a promising technology for microwave photonics. On‐chip realization of SBS enables photonic integration of microwave photonic signal processing and offers significantly enhanced performance and improved efficiency. On‐chip stimulated Brillouin scattering is reviewed in the context of slow‐light based tunable delay, low‐noise narrow linewidth lasers and filtering for integrated microwave photonics. A discussion on key material and device properties, necessary to enable on‐chip Brillouin scattering using both the single‐pass and resonator geometry, is presented along with an outlook for photonic integration of microwave signal processing and generation in other platforms.     

A photonic approach for microwave/millimeter-wave frequency measurement using stimulated brillouin scattering in single mode fiber

A photonic approach for microwave/millimeter-wave (MMW) frequency measurement is proposed and demonstrated based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) of a 20-km standard single mode fiber (SSMF). After the MMW signal is modulated to a laser source with two sidebands using optical carrier suppression (OCS) modulation, its frequency can be easily measured by monitoring the SBS-induced amplification with a power meter. Due to the 1-pm resolution of a tunable pump laser source, a frequency measurement range of 1–40 GHz is demonstrated in our experiment with a frequency resolution of 125 MHz. We believe the frequency measurement range can be further extended to satisfy photonic radar front-end processing application.     

Photonic approach to the measurement of time-difference-of-arrival and angle-of-arrival of a microwave signal

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a photonic approach to the measurement of the time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) and the angle-of-arrival (AOA) of a microwave signal. In the proposed system, the TDOA and the AOA are equivalently converted into a phase shift between two replicas of a microwave signal received at two cascaded modulators. The light wave from a CW laser is externally modulated by the microwave signal at the first modulator, which is biased to suppress the optical carrier, leading to the generation of two first-order sidebands, which are further modulated by the phase-delayed microwave signal at the second modulator. Two optical components at the carrier wavelength are generated. The total power at the carrier wavelength is a function of the phase shift due to the coherent interference between the two components. Thus, by measuring the optical power, the phase shift is estimated. The AOA is calculated from the measured phase shifts. In our experiment, the phase shift of a microwave signal at 18 GHz from -160° to 40° is measured with measurement errors of less than ±2.5°.     

Frequency-octupled phase-coded signal generation based on carrier-suppressed high-order double sideband modulation

An approach for photonic generation of a frequency-octupled phase-coded signal based on carrier-suppressed high-order double sideband modulation is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The key component of the scheme is an integrated dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying modulator, which is used to achieve the carrier-suppressed high-order double sideband modulation. At the output of the modulator, two fourth-order optical sidebands are generated with the optical carrier suppressed. After that, a Sagnac loop incorporating a fiber Bragg grating and a phase modulator is employed to separate the two optical sidebands and phase modulate one sideband with a binary coding signal. The approach features large carrier frequency tuning range for the generated phase-coded signal from several megahertz to beyond the W-band. A proof-of-concept experiment is carried out. The 2 Gbit/s phase-coded signals with frequencies of 16.48, 21.92, and 29.76 GHz are generated.     

Harmonic signal generation and frequency upconversion using selective sideband Brillouin amplification in single-mode fiber

Harmonic signal generation and frequency upconversion at millimeter-wave bands are experimentally demonstrated by using selective sideband Brillouin amplification induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering in a single-mode fiber. The harmonic signals and frequency upconverted signals are simultaneously generated by the beating of optical sidebands, one of which is Brillouin amplified. By using this method, we successfully demonstrate generation of third-harmonic millimeter waves at 32.55 GHz with f(LO) of 10.85 GHz and upconversion of 10 Mbps quadrature-shift keyed data at f(IF) of 1.55 GHz into a 30 GHz band with more than 17 dB RF power gain.     

Efficient single-mode Brillouin fiber laser for low-noise optical carrier reduction of microwave signals

We experimentally demonstrate efficient optical carrier reduction of microwave signals with a single-mode 1.5-microm wavelength Brillouin all-fiber ring laser. Because of the tunable optical coupling, the lasing threshold of the short-length (20-m) fiber cavity is lower than 5 mW, and high conversion efficiencies (up to 60%) are obtained at any pump power up to approximately 200 mW. Using the single-mode Stokes beam as a seed for the stimulated Brillouin scattering process allows up to 40-dB optical carrier depletion with almost no added noise for an optically carried microwave signal at 6 GHz. In addition, using this resonator, we provide evidence of generation of high-spectral-purity beatnotes.     

光学单池中受激布里渊散射的双光束共轴放大

介绍了一种在单池中实现受激布里渊散射双光束共轴放大的方法,能够在单一光学池中同时实现受激布里渊散射的产生和放大.相比于传统的双池放大技术,这种方法具有结构简单、信号损失小的优点.对于激光雷达等无法采用双池放大的实际应用领域,单池放大技术更是一种必要的方法. 关键词： 受激布里渊散射 放大 光学单池     

A tunable frequency-decuple optoelectronic oscillator based on frequency comb and stimulated Brillouin scattering

An optically tunable frequency-decuple optoelectronic oscillator based on optical frequency comb (OFC) and stimulated Brillouin scattering has been proposed and theoretically analyzed. In the proposed structure, the OFC is generated using a cascaded Mach–Zehnder modulator and a dual-parallel Mach–Zehnder modulator (DPMZM), and multi-pump lights could be obtained instead of one pump. A quintuple Brillouin frequency shift oscillation signal generated by using Brillouin gain-loss compensation principle and carrier phase-shifted double sideband modulation is realized by using the DPMZM to double the oscillation frequency. As a consequence, a decuple frequency shift microwave signal is achieved. Profit from the wavelength-dependent nature of Brillouin frequency shift, a frequency-decuple signal at 10 \(f_{b}\) which could be tunable from 87.9750 to 94.4750 GHz by simply tuning the wavelength of the tunable laser source is obtained in theory.