High-stable photonics-based frequency-quadrupled LFM signal generation for radar applications

  • Dingding Liang
  • , Qingbo Liu
  • , Lizhong Jiang
  • , Dong Ma
  • , Yang Chen*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A high-stable photonics-based linearly frequency-modulated (LFM) signal generation approach for radar applications is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. A broadband LFM signal is generated by a photonic frequency quadrupler consisting of a Mach-Zehnder modulator and a fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-based optical notch filter. The stability of the generated signal is improved by using modulator bias control, laser wavelength control, and FBG temperature control. An experiment is performed. A Ka-band LFM signal with an instantaneous bandwidth of 4 GHz is generated. Meanwhile, inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging and target distance measurement are implemented by using a generated 1-GHz bandwidth LFM signal. The LFM signal remains stable during the four-hour experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTwelfth International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, CIOP 2021
EditorsYue Yang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510649897
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, CIOP 2021 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 23 Jul 202126 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12057
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, CIOP 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period23/07/2126/07/21

Keywords

  • Frequency-quadrupled LFM signal
  • ISAR imaging
  • Microwave photonics
  • Radar

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