A wide-band microwave photonic phase and frequency shifter

Author

Winnall, S.T. ; Lindsay, A.C. ; Knight, G.A.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Surveillance Res. Lab., Salisbury, SA, Australia

Volume

45

Issue

6

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1003

Lastpage

1006

Abstract

Advanced radar deception systems require wide-band devices which perform microwave processing of frequency and phase information. A wide-band microwave photonic phase shifter was constructed which is capable of imposing greater than 2π phase shift to microwave signals in the 2-18-GHz frequency range. The maximum standard deviation from the phase setting was 10° (7° typical). The phase shifter was then incorporated into a frequency translation architecture. The carrier suppression obtained was 50 dB with a spurious harmonic suppression of 23 dB

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; microwave frequency convertors; microwave phase shifters; 2 to 18 GHz; carrier suppression; frequency shifter; frequency translation; microwave photonic phase shifter; microwave processing; radar deception system; spurious harmonic suppression; wide-band device; Frequency; Integrated optics; Microwave devices; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave technology; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Phase shifters; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.588620

Filename

588620