Title :
Low noise wideband optical mixing and optical up-conversion architecture
Author :
Sharp, Alexander N. ; Bates, Bevan D.
Author_Institution :
School of EEE, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
Abstract :
Radar requirements differ from commercial Radio-Over-Fibre (ROF) systems. High signal to noise ratio (SNR) and spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) in a photonic beam forming architecture are paramount. The architecture described in this paper uses phase modulation to overcome previous limitations. It provides high SNR, low-distortion mixing, enabling optical systems to be used in radar, beamforming and similar applications.
Keywords :
Optical Phase Modulation; Phased Array Antennas; Radio-Over-Fibre; Sagnac Loop;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Systems, 2007 IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh, UK
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-848-8
