Dynamically Reconfigurable All Optical Frequency Measurement System

Author

Emami, Hossein ; Ashourian, Mohsen ; Ebnali-Heidari, Majid

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ., Isfahan, Iran

Volume

32

Issue

24

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec.15, 15 2014

Firstpage

4796

Lastpage

4802

Abstract

A microwave photonic frequency measurement system is demonstrated practically. The system employs the four-wave mixing effect in a highly nonlinear fiber to produce a low-frequency output voltage, which is a function of input RF frequency. Using an algorithm that allows dynamic reconfiguration, the system is able to instantaneously monitor a broad frequency range for threat signals and to provide fast yet accurate frequency measurement. An operating frequency range of 0.04-40 GHz with at most 0.016% error is achieved.

Keywords

microwave photonics; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical variables measurement; dynamically reconfigurable all optical frequency measurement system; four-wave mixing; frequency 0.04 GHz to 40 GHz; input RF frequency; low-frequency output voltage; microwave photonic frequency measurement system; nonlinear fiber; Accuracy; Adaptive optics; Delays; Dispersion; Frequency estimation; Radio frequency; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Optical signal processing; Reconfigurable architectures; frequency measurement; optical signal processing; reconfigurable architectures;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2014.2366998

Filename

6945783