Title :
Localisation of ultra-wide band radio signals by time-multiplexed photonic analog-to-digital processing
Author :
Llorente, Roberto ; Morant, Maria ; Amiot, Nicolas ; Uguen, Bernard
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Centre, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
A time-multiplexed multichannel photonic-ADC is proposed and demonstrated for the detection and localisation of ultra-wideband radio transmitters. The experimental results indicate successful operation with a mean positioning error of 0.9 m.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; radio transmitters; ultra wideband communication; time-multiplexed multichannel photonic-ADC; time-multiplexed photonic analog-to-digital processing; ultra-wide band radio signals; ultra-wideband radio transmitters; Optical buffering; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621401