Linear photonic technique for fixed and time varying RF phase shifts of radar signals

doi:10.1364/OE.20.018025

Linear photonic technique for fixed and time varying RF phase shifts of radar signals

Manik Attygalle and Dmitrii Stepanov »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 16, pp. 18025-18030 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.018025

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Abstract

A simple linear photonic technique is proposed to achieve fixed or time varying radio-frequency (RF) phase shifts which can be used in applications such as radar signal manipulation. The technique is based on fixing or tuning the wavelength of an RF modulated optical signal within the reflection band of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) filter with a step group delay profile. The scheme is verified in a realistic simulation to achieve a Doppler shift in a pulsed CW signal return.

OCIS Codes
(060.3735) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber Bragg gratings
(060.5625) Fiber optics and optical communications : Radio frequency photonics

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: April 30, 2012
Revised Manuscript: June 21, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: July 1, 2012
Published: July 23, 2012

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Manik Attygalle and Dmitrii Stepanov, "Linear photonic technique for fixed and time varying RF phase shifts of radar signals," Opt. Express 20, 18025-18030 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-16-18025

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A. Vilcot, B. Cabon, and J. Chazels, eds., Microwave Photonics (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003).
S. T. Winnall, A. C. Lindsay, and G. A. Knight, “A wide-band microwave photonic phase and frequency shifter,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech.45(6), 1003–1006 (1997). [CrossRef]
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S. S. Lee, A. H. Udupa, H. Erlig, H. Zhang, Y. Chang, C. Zhang, D. H. Chang, D. Bhattacharya, B. Tsap, W. H. Steier, L. R. Dalton, and H. R. Fetterman, “Demonstration of a photonically controlled RF phase shifter,” IEEE Microw. Guided Wave Lett.9(3), 357–359 (1999).
L. A. Bui, A. Mitchell, K. Ghorbani, and T.-H. Chio, “Wideband RF photonic vector sum phase shifter,” Electron. Lett.39(6), 536–537 (2003). [CrossRef]
A. Loayssa and F. J. Lahoz, “Broad-band RF photonic phase shifter based on btimulated Brillouin bcattering and single-sideband modulation,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.18(1), 208–210 (2006). [CrossRef]
W. Xue, S. Sales, J. Capmany, and J. Mørk, “Microwave phase shifter with controllable power response based on slow- and fast-light effects in semiconductor optical amplifiers,” Opt. Lett.34(7), 929–931 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
X. Yi, T. X. H. Huang, and R. Minasian, “Photonic beamforming based on programmable phase shifters with amplitude and phase control,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23(18), 1286–1288 (2011). [CrossRef]
D. B. Adams and C. K. Madsen, “A novel broadband photonics RF phase shifter,” J. Lightwave Technol.26(15), 2712–2717 (2008). [CrossRef]
M. Sagues, A. Loayssa, J. Capmany, D. Benito, S. Sales, and R. Garcia-Olcina, “Tunable complex-coefficient incoherent microwave photonic filters based on optical single-sideband modulation and narrow-band optical filtering,” in Proceedings of OFC 07, paper OWU5 (2007).
C. Wang and J. Yao, “Chirped microwave pulse compression using a photonic microwave filter with a nonlinear phase response,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech.57(2), 496–504 (2009). [CrossRef]
R. Feced, M. N. Zervas, and M. A. Muriel, “An efficient inverse scattering algorithm for the design of no uniform fiber Bragg grating,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.35(8), 1105–1115 (1999). [CrossRef]
Z. Li, W. Li, H. Chi, X. Zhang, and J. Yao, “Photonic generation of phase-coded microwave signal with large frequency tunability,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23(11), 712–714 (2011). [CrossRef]
P. Ghelfi, F. Scotti, F. Laghezza, and A. Bogoni, “Photonic generation of phase-modulated RF signals for pulse compression techniques in coherent radars,” J. Lightwave Technol.30(11), 1638–1644 (2012). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

L. A. Bui, A. Mitchell, K. Ghorbani, and T.-H. Chio, “Wideband RF photonic vector sum phase shifter,” Electron. Lett.39(6), 536–537 (2003). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

R. Feced, M. N. Zervas, and M. A. Muriel, “An efficient inverse scattering algorithm for the design of no uniform fiber Bragg grating,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.35(8), 1105–1115 (1999). [CrossRef]

IEEE Microw. Guided Wave Lett.

S. S. Lee, A. H. Udupa, H. Erlig, H. Zhang, Y. Chang, C. Zhang, D. H. Chang, D. Bhattacharya, B. Tsap, W. H. Steier, L. R. Dalton, and H. R. Fetterman, “Demonstration of a photonically controlled RF phase shifter,” IEEE Microw. Guided Wave Lett.9(3), 357–359 (1999).

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

A. Loayssa and F. J. Lahoz, “Broad-band RF photonic phase shifter based on btimulated Brillouin bcattering and single-sideband modulation,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.18(1), 208–210 (2006). [CrossRef]
X. Yi, T. X. H. Huang, and R. Minasian, “Photonic beamforming based on programmable phase shifters with amplitude and phase control,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23(18), 1286–1288 (2011). [CrossRef]
Z. Li, W. Li, H. Chi, X. Zhang, and J. Yao, “Photonic generation of phase-coded microwave signal with large frequency tunability,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23(11), 712–714 (2011). [CrossRef]

IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech.

C. Wang and J. Yao, “Chirped microwave pulse compression using a photonic microwave filter with a nonlinear phase response,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech.57(2), 496–504 (2009). [CrossRef]
S. T. Winnall, A. C. Lindsay, and G. A. Knight, “A wide-band microwave photonic phase and frequency shifter,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech.45(6), 1003–1006 (1997). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

J. F. Coward, C. H. Chalfant, and P. H. Chang, “A photonic integrated-optic RF phase shifter for phased array antenna beam-forming applications,” J. Lightwave Technol.11(12), 2201–2205 (1993). [CrossRef]
D. B. Adams and C. K. Madsen, “A novel broadband photonics RF phase shifter,” J. Lightwave Technol.26(15), 2712–2717 (2008). [CrossRef]
P. Ghelfi, F. Scotti, F. Laghezza, and A. Bogoni, “Photonic generation of phase-modulated RF signals for pulse compression techniques in coherent radars,” J. Lightwave Technol.30(11), 1638–1644 (2012). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

W. Xue, S. Sales, J. Capmany, and J. Mørk, “Microwave phase shifter with controllable power response based on slow- and fast-light effects in semiconductor optical amplifiers,” Opt. Lett.34(7), 929–931 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

M. Sagues, A. Loayssa, J. Capmany, D. Benito, S. Sales, and R. Garcia-Olcina, “Tunable complex-coefficient incoherent microwave photonic filters based on optical single-sideband modulation and narrow-band optical filtering,” in Proceedings of OFC 07, paper OWU5 (2007).
A. Vilcot, B. Cabon, and J. Chazels, eds., Microwave Photonics (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003).

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