Novel photonic RF instantaneous frequency measurement system using a hibi fiber-based interferometer

Author

Drummond, Miguel ; Monteiro, Paulo ; Nogueira, Rogério

Author_Institution

Inst. de Telecomun., Aveiro, Portugal

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A novel photonic RF instantaneous frequency measurement system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Measurements are performed considering purely sinusoidal RF signals with frequencies up to 20 GHz and different RF input powers. A peak-to-peak frequency error down to 50 MHz is achieved for an RF frequency range of 1 - 18 GHz. The trade-off between maximum measurement range and measurement sensitivity is discussed. Two solutions are proposed in order to surpass this limitation.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; frequency measurement; light interferometers; microwave photonics; optical fibre polarisation; HiBi fiber; RF instantaneous frequency measurement; interferometer; peak-to-peak frequency error; Frequency measurement; Microwave filters; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Power measurement; Radio frequency; RF frequency measurement; interferometer filtering; microwave photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Azores

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4825-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4827-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185048

Filename

5185048