Impact of interferometer delay time on the performance of ODSB-SC RoF system with wavelength interleaving

In this paper, we investigate the impact of interferometer delay time in a 5 Gb/s optical double sideband-suppressed carrier (ODSB-SC) RoF system transmitting two wavelength interleaved radio frequency (RF) signals at 10 and 15 GHz over an optical fiber. Here, an optical Mach–Zehnder modulator is used for both optical carrier suppression and signal modulation. At the receiver, delay interferometer is used for the separation of RF frequency signals. We analyze the performance of the RoF system by varying the value of delay time of interferometer from 0.02 to 0.14 ns. The result shows that the RoF system performance is optimum for the time delay of 0.1 ns. Further, the optical spectrums, RF spectrums and eye diagrams of two interleaved RF signals have been compared.     

基于异步延迟采样的光通信性能监测方法

基于异步延迟采样和人工神经网络统计学习提出了一种光通信性能监测方法。通过对高速光信号进行异步延迟采样,获得信号二维幅度直方图,然后提取其中特征参数并对人工神经网络进行训练,最后以人工神经网络的预测输出实现对光信号损伤的监测。构建10 Gb/s非归零码开关键控,40 Gb/s光学双二进制码和归零码差分移相键控光通信仿真系统,并对光信噪比、色散和偏振模色散损伤进行监测。仿真结果表明,所提方法对被监测光信号的速率、码型调制格式透明,可同时准确监测多种并存的传输损伤,损伤参数监测误差小于5%。该方法具有电域处理带宽要求低、采样机制简单的特点,适用于分布式在线光性能监测。     

Multilayer neural network with randomized learning: Model and applications

A randomized annealing-simulation scheme for learning by a multilayer neural network is examined. The fractal properties of the learning trajectories in the phase space of the network are studied. It is proposed that the learning temperature be controlled by the phenomenological characteristics of the trajectory. The errors of generalization of a multilayer perceptron and of the method of splines in time-series prediction are compared. It is shown that for nonsmooth functions that generate a stochastic time series, a neural network is preferable to a spline for the same number of parameters. The learning scheme is used to construct a cybernetic neural-network model of the phenomenon of magnetic implosion as well as for fault classification in the coolant system of a nuclear-power-plant reactor.Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Engineering Physics, Snezhinsk. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 37, No. 9, pp. 1084–1103, September, 1994.     

Prism-pattern design of an LCD light guide plate using a neural-network optical model

This paper proposes a neural-network optical model for a backlight module of a liquid crystal display (LCD) to expedite the design of the light-scattering prism-pattern of its light guide plate (LGP). First, the prism surface of a light guide plate is divided into several equal regions. Then the neural-network optical model is implemented using a back-propagation neural network to establish the relationship between the distribution density of the prism pattern and the exiting-light luminance of the LGP at each region. The input–output patterns for the neural network training and verification are generated using orthogonal arrays and ASAP simulation. Then a for-loop computational algorithm is executed to search an approximately optimal distribution density of the prism pattern using the neural-network optical model such that high luminance uniformity is achieved. It is demonstrated by the case study of a 13 in. LCD backlight module that luminance uniformity could reach 93.1%. Thus it can be concluded that the developed neural-network optical model effectively expedites the LGP prism-pattern design.     

基于自适应变异果蝇优化算法和广义回归神经网络的布里渊散射谱特征提取

针对布里渊光时域反射光纤传感系统散射谱的高精度特征提取的要求,提出了一种基于自适应变异果蝇优化算法和广义回归神经网络的布里渊散射谱特征提取算法。不仅利用了广义回归神经网络在逼近能力、学习速度、模型的泛化等方面具有的优势,而且采用搜索能力较强的自适应变异果蝇优化算法进一步增强了神经网络的学习能力,从而提高了布里渊散射谱的拟合度和频移提取的准确度。在布里渊散射谱中心频率为11.213 GHz,线宽为40～50,30～60和20～70 MHz的散射谱白噪声实验模型中,将新算法分别与基于有限元分析的Levenberg-Marquardt拟合法、粒子群优化和拉凡格式混合拟合法、最小二乘法进行预测比较,新算法获得的最大拟合频移误差为0.4 MHz,平均拟合度为0.991 2,均方根误差为0.024 1。仿真结果表明所提出的算法拟合度较好,绝对误差小。因此,将此算法用于基于布里渊光时域反射的分布式光纤传感系统,可有效提高布里渊散射谱的拟合度和频移提取的准确度。     

50 GHz optical true time delay beamforming in hybrid optical/mm-wave access networks with multi-core optical fiber distribution

We propose and experimentally validate an optical true time delay beamforming scheme with straightforward integration into hybrid optical/millimeter(mm)-wave access networks. In the proposed approach, the most complex functions, including the beamforming network, are implemented in a central office, reducing the complexity and cost of remote antenna units. Different cores in a multi-core fiber are used to distribute the modulated signals to high-speed photodetectors acting as heterodyne mixers. The mm-wave carrier frequency is fixed to 50 GHz(VBand), thereby imposing a progressive delay between antenna elements of a few picoseconds. That true time delay is achieved with an accuracy lower than 1 ps and low phase noise.     

Instantaneous frequency measurement using two parallel I/Q modulators based on optical power monitoring

A scheme for instantaneous frequency measurement(IFM)using two parallel I/Q modulators based on optical power monitoring is proposed.The amplitude comparison function(ACF)can be constructed to establish the relationship between the frequency of radio frequency(RF)signal and the power ratio of two optical signals output by two I/Q modulators.The frequency of RF signal can be derived by measuring the optical power of the optical signals output by two I/Q modulators.The measurement range and measurement error can be adjusted by controlling the delay amount of the electrical delay line.The feasibility of the scheme is verified,and the corresponding measurement range and measurement error of the system under different delay amounts of the electrical delay line are given.Compared with previous IFM schemes,the structure of this scheme is simple.Polarization devices,a photodetector and an electrical power meter are not used,which reduces the impact of the environmental disturbance on the system and the cost of the system.In simulation,the measurement range can reach 0 GHz-24.5 GHz by adjusting the delay amount of the electrical delay lineτ=20 ps.The measurement error of the scheme is better at low frequency,and the measurement error of low frequency 0 GHz-9.6 GHz can reach-0.1 GHz to+0.05 GHz.     

Photonic generation of millimeter-wave ultra-wideband signal using phase modulation to intensity modulation conversion and frequency up-conversion

We propose and experimentally demonstrate the generation of a pair of polarity-reversed 24 GHz millimeter-wave (MMW) ultra-wideband (UWB) monocycles. The scheme is realized by using delay interferometer (DI) based phase modulation to intensity modulation (PM–IM) conversion and carrier suppression modulation (CSM) based frequency up-conversion. The phase modulation is realized by using either electro-optic phase modulator (EOPM) or cross phase modulation (XPM) in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), which is an all-optical approach to obtaining baseband UWB signals, respectively. After frequency up-converted by using CSM in a Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM), a pair of polarity-reversed 24 GHz MMW-UWB signals complying with the Federal Communication Committee (FCC) requirements is generated. The bi-phase modulation (BPM) of 24 GHz MMW-UWB signals can also be realized by electrically switching the bias voltage of delay interferometer.     

A novel wavelength shift keying transmitter using a pair of Mach-Zehnder modulators

A novel and simple method to achieve wavelength shift keying (WSK) modulation is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The proposed WSK transmitter consists of a pair of Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) that are biased appropriately to achieve complementary operation. When a non-return-to-zero data stream is applied to the two MZMs, thanks to the complementary operation of the MZMs, the WSK-modulated signal can be obtained by combining the two intensity-modulated optical signals. A tunable optical delay line (ODL) is applied to achieve synchronization between the two optical signals. The ODL can also be used to compensate for the dispersion-induced walk-off effect between the two optical carriers. The application of the proposed WSK transmitter in a passive optical network is demonstrated, in which the downstream WSK signal is reused as optical carrier for upstream intensity-modulated data transmission. The proposed approach is experimentally realized; experimental results verify the feasibility of the approach.     

Angle of arrival estimation using spectral interferometry

We have developed a correlative signal processing concept based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and spatial-spectral (S2) materials that enables direct mapping of RF spectral phase as well as power spectral recording. This configuration can be used for precise frequency resolved time delay estimation between signals received by a phased antenna array system that in turn could be utilized to estimate the angle of arrival. We present an analytical theoretical model and a proof-of-principle demonstration of the concept of time difference of arrival estimation with a cryogenically cooled Tm:YAG crystal that operates on microwave signals modulated onto a stabilized optical carrier at 793 nm.     

Carrier suppression in quadruple frequency modulation by cascaded optical external modulators for millimeter-wave generation

The optical carrier suppression in optical quadruple frequency modulation by cascaded external modulators is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Theoretical analysis demonstrates that the optical carrier suppression ratio is related with not only the initial phase difference of electrical signals applied on the two modulators, but also the optical phase shift between the two modulators. The maximum suppression ratio can be achieved when the total phase difference is equal to nπ＋π/2 （n = 1, 2,…）, which is verified by experiments. By properly controlling the total phase shift, 40-GHz millimeter-wave is generated by using a 10-GHz radio frequency （RF） source and the modulators.     

基于新型偏振稳定毫米波发生器的光载无线通信下行链路

为了降低ROF系统成本,增加传输距离,提高系统性能, 提出了一种基于新型偏振稳定毫米波发生器的光载无线通信下行链路传输系统.与传统ROF系统相比, 该系统利用保偏光纤光栅选频产生的两个偏振稳定激光信号拍频产生毫米波, 易于实现并降低了功率噪声对系统的影响.仿真分析了该系统中环形激光器强度、谱线宽度、保偏光纤光栅反射谱特性对毫米波性能的影响;分析了系统中保偏光纤光栅的群时延、长度、色散,双波长激光信号脉冲包络宽度、啁啾系数对毫米波频率的影响.优化保偏光纤参数, 差频产生60 GHz的毫米波信号,并分析该毫米波信号在ROF下行链路的传输性能,结果表明该毫米波 作为副载波调制到光波上从中心站传输80 km至基站后经天线发射至用户端,解调仍然得到很好的眼图, 充分证明了本方案的优越性能.     

Investigation of high-speed optical FSK generation scheme based on carrier suppression and phase modulation

We propose and numerically investigate a novel high-speed (40-Gb/s and above) optical frequency shift-keying (FSK) transmitter scheme. By optical carrier-suppressed modulation and differential phase-shift-keying (DPSK) to intensity modulation (IM) conversion, only one light source is needed in the proposed scheme to generate high-speed optical FSK signals. By using a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) as phase modulator and an additional delay interferometer (DI) cascaded after the carrier-suppressed MZM to suppress the remaining carrier, the performance of our scheme can compete with the double-light-source counterparts. The transmission performances of the FSK signal generated with the proposed scheme as well as detuning and bandwidth tolerance of the demodulation filter are also carefully investigated. Simulation results show that the proposed FSK generation scheme is very suitable for the next-generation optical access network and optical label switching network. A potential application of our scheme in high-speed passive optical network is proposed.     

Spectral efficient hybrid wireless optical broadband access network (WOBAN) based on transmission of wireless MIMO OFDM signals over WDM PON

In this paper, a spectral efficient hybrid wireless optical broadband access network (WOBAN) is proposed and demonstrated based on the transmission of wireless multi-input multi-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO OFDM) signals over wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM PON). By using radio over fiber (ROF) techniques, the optical fiber is well adapted to propagate multiple wireless services having different carrier frequencies. It is a known fact that multiple wireless signals having the same carrier frequency cannot propagate over a single optical fiber at the same time, such as MIMO signals feeding multiple antennas in fiber wireless (FiWi) system. A novel optical single-sideband frequency translation technique is designed and simulated to solve this problem. This technique allows four pairs of wireless MIMO OFDM signals with the same carrier frequency for each pair to be transmitted over a single optical fiber by using one optical source per wavelength. The crosstalk between the different MIMO channels with the same frequency is eliminated, since each channel is upconverted on specified wavelength with enough channel spacing between them. Also the maximum crosstalk level between the different MIMO channels with different frequencies is very low around ?76 dB. The physical layer performance of the proposed WOBAN is analyzed in terms of the bit error rate (BER), error vector magnitude (EVM), and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The proposed WOBAN achieves 7.68 Gb/s data rate for 20 km for the optical back-end and 240 Mb/s for the outdoor wireless front-end.     

Hybrid cable television and orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing transport system basing on single wavelength polarization and amplitude remodulation schemes

A hybrid community antenna television (CATV) and orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM) transport system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated to transmit multiple CATV channels and bi-directional radio frequency signals on a single optical carrier. By polarization remodulating an optical CATV signal with downstream OFDM signals and then amplitude remodulating upstream OFDM signals with the hybrid CATV/OFDM signals, this architecture can efficiently utilize only one optical carrier to support optical analog/digital CATV transmission and bi-directional wireless broadband services for each client. Good experimental results prove that this architecture provides a proper wavelength utilization scheme for future multiwavelength optical transport systems.     

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.     

基于L型延迟阵列调制宽带转换器的信号载频和二维到达角联合估计

针对现有的基于欠采样的频率和二维到达角的联合估计存在结构复杂问题,本文提出了一种基于调制宽带转换器技术的L型延迟阵列接收结构.利用延迟通道与未延迟通道采样值之间的相位差可直接估计载频,进而计算二维到达角,无需额外的参数配对操作,避免了配对步骤引入的误差和复杂度的提升.并结合所提L型延迟阵列结构的特点构造相关矩阵和三线性模型,提出了两种参数估计算法,一种基于旋转不变子空间算法,计算量小,适用于需要实时处理的场景;另一种基于正则分解技术,鲁棒性较好,适用于信噪比较低的应用场景.仿真实验表明该方法能较好地从欠奈奎斯特样本中估计目标的载频和二维到达角参数.     

Optical Learning Neural Network Using Photorefractive Waveguides

A model of an optical neural network with learning ability is proposed. We numerically evaluate the learning ability of the proposed network by using parameters determined by experiments. Adaptive connections between artificial neurons are implemented using photorefractive (PR) waveguides that can be optically modified by guided beams. The network consists of three layers and has bipolar weights within the limited range. The bipolar weight is encoded as the difference between optical power transmittances of signal beams in two channels of the PR waveguides. The adaptivity of the transmittance of PR waveguide is experimentally evaluated and is incorporated into the proposed network simulated in a computer. The proposed network is trained by a simplified local learning algorithm. Numerical results showed that the proposed three-layered network with six hidden neurons can solve the exclusive-or problem.     

光子型远程分布式微波信号接收码元速率估计

基于光子学技术,设计了一种针对远程分布式微波信号接收的码元速率估计方案。首先,远程终端将接收的微波信号经电光调制器对连续激光源进行载波抑制双边带调制,生成携带微波信号的两个光边带信号;此光信号经光纤链路传输至中心站在光域滤除其中一个边带;其次,进行光电探测,通过分析电频谱的谐波实现微波信号码元速率估计。针对此方案,搭建仿真及实验系统装置:仿真成功地从60 GHz微波信号中提取出0.8 GBaud和6 GBaud的二进制伪随机码(PRBS)信号码元速率、从25 GHz微波信号中提取出3GBaud的PRBS码元速率;实验成功地从25 GHz的微波信号中提取出3 GBaud和5 GBaud的PRBS码元速率。     

A novel interferometric vibration measurement sensor with quadrature detection based on 1/8 wave plate

In-phase and quadrature-phase (I/Q) signals often need to be formed in the laser interferometric vibration measurement technique. To avoid the disadvantages of traditional I/Q signals forming methods such as effect of piezoelectric ceramic (PZT) for generating high frequency carrier, or optical configuration with complicated structure, a novel interferometric vibration measurement sensor with quadrature detection is proposed. The sensor utilizes simple optical configuration which contains 1/8 wave plate to generate two I/Q signals, then the signals were processed by arctangent algorithm which is compiled by Labview software through data acquisition card. Theoretical analysis and experimental Lissajous figures synthesis prove the phase orthogonality of the two signals. The experimental results indicate that the system can measure the vibration displacement accurately.