Functional flexible photonics-assisted frequency measurement based on combination of stimulated Brillouin scattering and a Mach – Zehnder interferometer
Lanfeng Huang, Yongjun Li, Shanghong Zhao, Tao Lin, Xuan Li, Guodong Wang, Zihang Zhu
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Abstract
A functional flexible photonics-assisted frequency measurement (PFM) is proposed. Owing to polarisation multiplexing, the electro-optic (O/E) conversion can be performed in a single optical path, which endows the system high stability and concise configuration. Moreover, using a specially designed functional coarse/accurate frequency measurement (C/AFM) module, a large covering range, moderate accuracy, and fast response frequency measurement results can be ensured in a radar warning receiver (RWR), whereas high accurate results can be used in an electronic countermeasures receiver (ECMR). The simulation results show that a strict monotonous amplitude comparison function (ACF) can be constructed based on the structure of a Mach – Zehnder interferometer (MZI) to map the signal frequency, with a measurement error of less than 0.2 GHz in the range of 1 – 31 GHz. This coarse measurement results can be used to perform radar warning. Based on this result, a highly accurate frequency measurement result is achieved through stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). The results reveal that the accuracy is improved to better than 20 MHz. Noteworthy, the C/AFM module consists of purely passive devices, which makes this system meet the potential of integration.
期刊介绍:
Quantum Electronics covers the following principal headings
Letters
Lasers
Active Media
Interaction of Laser Radiation with Matter
Laser Plasma
Nonlinear Optical Phenomena
Nanotechnologies
Quantum Electronic Devices
Optical Processing of Information
Fiber and Integrated Optics
Laser Applications in Technology and Metrology, Biology and Medicine.