Photonic instantaneous measurement of microwave frequency using fiber Bragg grating |
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Authors: | Ze Li Xianmin Zhang Shilie Zheng Xiaofeng Jin |
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Institution: | Department of Information and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China |
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Abstract: | A photonic approach to realizing instantaneous measurement of microwave frequency based on optical monitoring using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed and demonstrated. In the approach, a frequency-unknown microwave signal is modulated on an optical carrier in a Mach-Zehnder modulator biased at the minimum transmission point. After detecting the transmission and reflection optical powers at the output of the FBG, the microwave frequency can be determined according to the value of transmission-to-reflection power ratio, due to the fixed relationship between the microwave frequency and the power ratio. A proof-of-concept experiment has been performed, which demonstrates that a measurement resolution of ±0.08 GHz over a 10 GHz measurement bandwidth is achieved. The measurement performance in terms of resolution is better than previously reported results. |
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Keywords: | Microwave photonics Microwave frequency measurement Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) |
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