Microwave frequency measurement utilising frequency to time mapping

Author

Nguyen, Linh V T

Author_Institution

Electron. Warfare & Radar Div., Defence Sci.& Technol. Organ., Edinburgh, SA

fYear

2008

fDate

Sept. 9 2008-Oct. 3 2008

Firstpage

330

Lastpage

332

Abstract

A novel microwave photonic frequency measurement (MPFM) receiver concept is proposed and demonstrated. This photonic technique directly maps the frequency information of the incoming microwave signal to a time delay utilising a dispersive medium. The measurement of the observed time delay directly equates to value of the input microwave frequency. The frequency-time mapping function from a chirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG) having a dispersion parameter of 1000 ps/nm was measured. Excellent agreement between measurement and theory is demonstrated within the bounds of the group delay ripple (GDR) of the chirped FBG.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; dispersive media; frequency measurement; microwave measurement; microwave photonics; microwave receivers; military communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; radio-over-fibre; MPFM receiver; chirped FBG; dispersion monitoring technique; dispersive medium; fiber Bragg grating; frequency-time mapping function; group delay ripple; microwave photonic frequency measurement; microwave signal; military signals; Bragg gratings; Delay effects; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Frequency measurement; Microwave frequencies; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical receivers; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave photonics, 2008. jointly held with the 2008 asia-pacific microwave photonics conference. mwp/apmp 2008. international topical meeting on

Conference_Location

Gold Coast, Qld

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2168-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2169-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2008.4666704

Filename

4666704