• DocumentCode
    992490
  • Title

    Fibre-optic recirculating analogue delay line

  • Author

    Wang, Cheng C. ; Moeller, R.P. ; Burns, W.K. ; Kaminow, I.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    486
  • Lastpage
    488
  • Abstract
    A 0.5 ms delay line with a time-bandwidth product of > 105 is demonstrated by recirculating a 2 ns pulse around a 20.4 km single-mode fibre five times. Analogue signal regeneration is employed after each recirculation. System dynamic range, signal/noise ratio and cancellation ratio for a noncoherent moving target indicator radar application are given.
  • Keywords
    delay lines; fibre optics; analogue delay line; analogue signal regeneration; cancellation ratio; dynamic range; fibre optics; noncoherent moving target indicator radar application; recirculating; signal/noise ratio; single-mode fibre; time-bandwidth product;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19840338
  • Filename
    4248801