• DocumentCode
    3193570
  • Title

    Photonic Technique for Radio Frequency Measurement

  • Author

    Nguyen, Linh V T ; Hunter, David B. ; Borg, Daniel J.

  • Author_Institution
    Electronic Warfare & Radar Division, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, P.O. Box 1500, Edinburgh S. A. 5111, Australia
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    197
  • Lastpage
    200
  • Abstract
    A novel photonic technique for radio frequency (RF) measurement utilising dispersion in a multichannel chirped fibre Bragg grating (MCFBG) is developed. The underlying principle for fast photonic RF measurement is based on amplitude comparison of the RF power fading functions of double sideband (DSB) modulated optical carriers propagating through a dispersive medium. In this paper, a demonstration of the photonic RF measurement is presented.
  • Keywords
    Electronic warfare; microwave photonics; optical RF signal processing; optical fibre dispersion; radar signal processing; Amplitude modulation; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Dispersion; Fading; Fiber gratings; Frequency measurement; Optical modulation; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Electronic warfare; microwave photonics; optical RF signal processing; optical fibre dispersion; radar signal processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2005. MWP 2005. International Topical Meeting on
  • Print_ISBN
    89-950043-3-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2005.203573
  • Filename
    1590301