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Wide-open, high-resolution microwave/millimeter-wave Doppler frequency shift estimation using photonics technology
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Today, wide-open, high-resolution Doppler frequency shift (DFS) estimation is essential for radar, microwave/millimeter-wave, and communication systems. Using photonics technology, an effective approach is proposed and experimentally demonstrated, providing a high-resolution and frequency-independent solution. In the approach consisting of two cascaded opto-electronic modulators, DFS between the transmitted microwave/ millimeter-wave signal and the received echo signal is mapped into a doubled spacing between two target optical sidebands. Subsequently, the DFS is then estimated through the spectrum analysis of a generated low-frequency electrical signal, with an improved resolution by a factor of 2. In experiments, DFSs from -90 to 90 KHz are successfully estimated for microwave/millimeter-wave signals at 10, 15, and 30 GHz, where estimation errors keep lower than +/- 5e-10 Hz. For radial velocity measurement, these results reveal a range from 0 to 900 m/s (0 to 450 m/s) and a resolution of 1e-11 m/s (5e-12 m/s) at 15-GHz (30-GHz) frequency band.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures
- Subjects :
- Physics - Optics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1404.2077
- Document Type :
- Working Paper