Photonics in coherent multiband radar systems

Author

Laghezza, Francesco ; Scotti, Filippo ; Serafino, Giovanni ; Pinna, Sergio ; Onori, Daniel ; Lazzeri, Emma ; Ghelfi, Paolo ; Bogoni, Antonella

Author_Institution

CNIT-Nat. Lab. of Photonics Networks, Pisa, Italy

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The cross-fertilization between photonics and microwave systems is setting new paradigms in radar systems leading towards a new generation of multifunctional systems, able to manage multiple simultaneous coherent radio signals at different frequencies, enabling multispectral imaging for advanced surveillance systems. This paper present the first multiband photonics-based radar transceiver, reporting on the first demonstrator of fully coherent dual band radar.

Keywords

microwave devices; optical radar; radar equipment; radar imaging; radio transceivers; search radar; advanced surveillance system; coherent multiband radar system; coherent radio signal; cross-fertilization; fully coherent dual band radar; microwave system; multiband photonics-based radar transceiver; multifunctional system; multispectral imaging; photonics system; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photonics; RF signals; Radar; Radio frequency; Photonics; radar systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2015 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOCN.2015.7203731

Filename

7203731