Title :
300-GHz FM-CW radar system by optical frequency comb generation
Author :
Atsushi Kanno;Norihiko Sekine;Yoshinori Uzawa;Iwao Hosako;Tetsuya Kawanishi
Author_Institution :
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4-2-1 Nukui-kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate a 300-GHz FM-CW radar using optical modulation technology. An optical frequency comb based on the optical modulation is utilized as a broadband frequency multiplier with a factor of 12. At a central frequency of 300 GHz, we generate a 12-GHz-bandwidth FM-CW signal with a pulse duration of 10 μs, realizing a precise ranging with a resolution of several centimeters. We show that the optical frequency comb generator is capable of generating larger bandwidth FM-CW signals.
Keywords :
"Radar","Optical receivers","Optical harmonic generation","Optical modulation","Bandwidth","Frequency modulation","Optical interferometry"
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2015 European
DOI :
10.1109/EuMC.2015.7345824