With the development of the communication and radar systems, the demand for precisely processing broadband signal has become urgent. The basic functions of filtering and digitizing are often needed together in many applications such as antialiasing and interference suppression in digital receivers. To break the bottleneck of the traditional methods, a recently-proposed simultaneous photonic filtering and digitizing system[1] can achieve analog pre-filtering and digitizing at the same time, and its equivalent system response can be tuned by shaping the optical sampling pulses. However, limited by the dilemma between the precision and duration of the shaped pulses, the bandwidth of the signal processing are constraint. The design rules to achieve precise signal procession are analysed. An optical shaping scheme based on the interference and frequency-to-time mapping is utilized in the system[2], as shown in Fig. 1(a). The response of the OF is $G(\omega)$ , and the tunable delay difference between interference arms is $\tau$ . The dispersive value of the SMF is $\Phi_{v}$ . The RF signals are processed and digitized in the IMDD link and EADC[2]. The equivalent system response $\mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{A}}(\omega)$ for signal processing is

目前基于微波技术的射频通道带宽与频率受限、多频率变频能力受限、通用性差,严重制约了高通量卫星的频谱覆盖范围和大带宽多路变频能力.针对这一问题,本文在对微波光子射频通道研究现状对比分析的基础上,提出基于并联型架构的宽带跨频段微波光子射频通道实现方法,开展了相应的仿真分析及实验验证.测试结果表明:该射频通道下变频输入频率可覆盖27 GHz～52 GHz,输出频率可覆盖17 GHz～24 GHz;上变频输入频率可覆盖25 GHz～27 GHz,输出频率可覆盖37 GHz～43 GHz,且该射频通道工作带宽优于2 GHz,带内平坦度优于3 dB,变频增益优于?10 dB,无杂散动态范围优于100 dB?Hz2/3.

Frequency-swept interferometry (FSI) is intrinsically suitable for static ranging. For dynamic targets, its ranging accuracy is deteriorated by the Doppler phenomenon, and its measurement rate is restricted by the frequency sweep rate (usually kHz level), which prevents the acquisition of accurate time-varying distance details. To solve the problems, a novel microwave-photonic dynamic FSI (MP-DFSI) for fast ranging is proposed in this paper, which uses a single-frequency laser and an electro-optic modulator (EOM) to constitute a dual-sweep laser to provide two ideal mirrored laser sweeps. The instantaneous phases of the MP-DFSI signals are modulated by both the target distance and velocity in measurement, we investigate and model the modulation relationship, present a new data fusion demodulation method for high-accuracy fast ranging, which can effectively eliminate the Doppler error and recover the continuously-varying distance at each sampling point during a whole frequency-sweep cycle. Numerical verifications demonstrate that the measurement rate of the proposed MP-DFSI can reach 10 MHz with 1 μm ranging accuracy, showing the MP-DFSI has the ability of high-accuracy fast-ranging for dynamic targets.

Rational harmonic mode-locking refers to a mode-locking state achieved at the modulation frequency that doesn’t match the fundamental frequency. In this paper, we investigated and experimentally achieved rational harmonic mode-locking in optoelectronic oscillators (OEO) for the first time through three schemes based on electric amplitude modulator (AM), electric phase modulator (PM), and Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), respectively. In the experiment, the fundamental frequency mode-locking as well as the 2nd-order, 3rd-order, and 4th-order rational harmonic mode-locking were obtained, all generating ultrashort microwave pulses with a repetition rate of 95 kHz and a carrier frequency of 10 GHz. Subsequently, the characteristics of the pulse signals generated by different schemes, such as pulse width, pulse amplitude, and spectral width, were systematically investigated. By comparison, we found that the AM-based mode-locked OEO generates microwave pulse signals with higher stability and narrower pulse width; the PM-based mode-locked OEO can excite more longitudinal modes in the cavity but generates signals with more spurious noise; the MZM-based mode-locked OEO has a simple structure and requires lower power of the modulation signal. We believe this paper could provide some reference for the research on the physical mechanism of the mode-locking phenomenon generated in the OEO when the modulation frequency is mismatched.

随着卫星通信技术的飞速发展,以及卫星多功能融合技术的需求,未来卫星通信正朝着多频段、大带宽、多波束、配置灵活的方向发展,这对传统基于电子技术的卫星载荷多格式多频段信号接收及中继转发提出了挑战.本文利用微波光子技术格式透明、工作频段透明的优势,给出了基于微波光子技术的宽带通信卫星载荷结构,该结构在采用传统微波高功率发射及多路信号合成基础上,引入微波光子技术进行多格式多频段微波信号的光调制、光域微波信号宽带接收及转发.在此基础上建立了相应的用于宽带通信卫星的微波光子链路测试验证系统,对诸如噪声系数、系统线性特性及宽带信号传输特性等主要性能进行了详尽的分析与验证,测试结果表明该系统在S/C/Ku/ka频段具有良好的宽带线性特性和传输性能,且该性能与系统的调制灵敏度和解调灵敏度密切相关.

We demonstrate a spectrum-continuous narrowband filter based on multi-section Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) structures on a silicon nitride platform. Enhanced in-band flatness and sharp out-of-band roll-off features are achieved by cascading MZIs of specific functionalities in a series. This filter is fabricated in a single chip with a total waveguide length exceeding 237 cm. We experimentally demonstrate for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, a four-channel spectrum-continuous filter with a 3 dB bandwidth of 580 MHz, a 1 dB fluctuation bandwidth as high as 356 MHz, and an excellent 20 dB roll-off factor of 1.26 that are obtained simultaneously. Both the optical and electrical experimental results show that the proposed filter can play a key role in integrated microwave photonic front-end systems.

We demonstrate a reconfigurable filter based on the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effect in fiber with 3 dB bandwidth from 20 to 500 MHz. We analyze the influence of pump lines and pump spacing on the filter and propose an SBS‐based filter with low passband fluctuation by vectorial modulating multi‐lines pumps. The filter passband fluctuation is decrease to 0.49 dB by precise controlling the pumps' lines, pumps' spacing, and vector signal modulated rate. The proposed single bandpass microwave photonic filter also successfully demonstrates a wide‐band tuning range from 1 to 20 GHz and high out‐of‐band rejection ratio of over 40 dB. The SNR performance of the proposed SBS filter is analyzed and shown the potential capability in the fields of microwave signal processing in satellite communications, electronic warfare, and radar systems.

随着卫星通信大容量、跨频段、多业务需求的不断增加,卫星载荷正朝着多频段一体化综合接收处理方向发展.为满足卫星载荷大容量、多信号处理功能,需要同时提供多个载频信号作为参考.采用微波光子技术可根据用户需求生成光频梳作为多载频信号,满足多频段一体化综合接收处理对多本振源的需求.文章首先从现有多载频信号生成方法的局限性出发,确定高质量光载波抑制单边带信号(SSB-OCS)结合循环频移的多载频信号生成方法.接着提出基于并联马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM)的光载波抑制单边带信号生成方法,使得其中两个MZM工作在单边带调制方式,另一个MZM工作在偶数阶抑制方式,结合90度和180度光移,产生具有高边带抑制比的光载波抑制单边带信号.最后在此基础上给出基于并联MZM循环频移的多载频信号生成方法,仿真结果表明所生成的多载频信号载波数目为60以上、边带抑制比为30dB、最大功率起伏为4.4dB,且其中有20个载波的功率起伏在1dB以内.该方法可有效生成高平坦高边带抑制比多载频信号,为卫星载荷的多频段一体化综合接收处理提供相应技术支撑.

First, the spectral characteristics of multi-phase-shifted fiber Bragg gratings (MPSFBGs) were studied theoretically. The results confirmed that we could acquire the spectra with narrowband flat-top filter response by accurately designing the key parameters of the MPSFBGs, such as the number and position distribution of phase shifts, the coupling coefficient and length of the gratings. However, the process errors introduced in the inscription process would worsen the filter spectra. To this end, MPSFBGs were inscribed by a post-ultraviolet-radiation technique and the relevant spectra were measured. The results demonstrate that the experimental spectra are in agreement with the ideal simulation results when the MPSFBGs have a large bandwidth, indicating that the control accuracy can meet the requirements of the gratings. However, the performance of the narrow-bandwidth filter with a larger coupling coefficient is more sensitive to the process errors. Furthermore, the process errors were analyzed and discussed. It turns out that increasing the length of MPSFBGs can effectively widen the tolerance of phase-shift position distribution, and phase-shift difference, and weaken the effect of UV-induced loss on the loss characteristic of the filters.

文章以光子集成技术在未来卫星宽带通信与中继一体化系统应用为出发点,开展光子集成载荷应用需求分析,完成了模拟光处理与数字光处理、模拟片上处理与离散光处理的区别分析及特性梳理.重点介绍了现行的光子载荷搭载验证情况,完成光子载荷与传统射频载荷体积、重量、功耗对比分析.在此基础上,提出一种全芯片架构的光子处理转发载荷系统,并完成相应的功能拆解及业务划分,梳理下一步需要重点攻关的片上关键技术,为构建通用化、小型化、多波束并行的高通量卫星通信载荷系统提供技术支撑.

随着对高精度探测的不断追求,未来雷达系统正朝着大带宽的方向发展.目前的雷达系统,主要利用传统的微波技术生成雷达信号,受到电子瓶颈限制,单路带宽仅在2 GHz左右,难以满足高精度雷达探测的技术需求.微波光子信号生成技术具有大带宽的技术优势,被认为是可突破电子瓶颈的一种有效技术手段.可将微波光子信号生成技术引入雷达系统中,直接生成带宽高达41 GHz的雷达信号,从而大幅提高雷达系统的探测分辨率.文章首先介绍了微波光子大带宽脉冲压缩信号生成技术的应用情况,然后分类介绍了微波光子大带宽脉冲压缩信号生成技术的工作原理、主要实现方法及研究进展,最后对各类微波光子大带宽脉冲压缩信号生成技术进行了对比分析,并分析了限制其实际应用的具体问题.

随着卫星通信技术的飞速发展,以及卫星多功能融合技术的需求,未来卫星通信正朝着多频段、大带宽、多波束、配置灵活的方向发展.目前广泛应用于各个领域的卫星通信射频前端,主要采用传统的微波技术进行微波信号的信道化接收变频,带宽限制在GHz以下,无法满足大瞬时带宽信道化接收变频需求.将微波光子技术引入卫星通信射频前端可有效突破电域信道化接收变频技术瓶颈,简化射频前端的系统架构,提高卫星载荷性能.本文首先介绍了星载微波光子信道化接收变频技术的特点及基本结构.接着分类介绍了微波光子信道化接收变频的工作原理、主要实现方法及研究进展,最后给出大瞬时带宽微波光子信道化变频技术发展趋势及应用前景,为大瞬时带宽微波光子信道化接收变频设计及应用提供技术支撑.

A bandwidth-reconfigurable filter is necessary to meet the need of growing communication capacity and signal coverage frequency range. The stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) gain spectrum as a filter passband is used to extract desired microwave signals. Due to the fact that the passband is formed by mapping the Brillouin gain spectrum, bandwidth reconfigurability can be implemented by changing Brillouin gain linewidth. In this paper, a scheme using a 5-lines optical comb acting as a Brillouin pump is experimentally demonstrated. The spectrum of the 5-lines optical comb is extended by a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) pulse modulated signal. Experiments have shown that the 3-dB and 20-dB bandwidths of the filter are 196 MHz and 257 MHz, respectively, and its 20-dB shape factor is 1.31. The passband ripple is ~3.5 dBm with stop-band rejection of 20 dBm under 15 dBm optical pump power.

文章针对微波域滤波器只能对提前设计好的特定频段、特定带宽使用的局限性而提出微波光子滤波器,其中,基于受激布里渊散射效应(SBS)的微波光子滤波器不仅拥有可调谐、可重构特性,而且由于其阈值低、调谐范围大和系统稳定性较好等优点而引起广泛关注.文章对比总结了从2011年以来国内外学者在该滤波器方面取得的重大研究成果并得出其未来的发展趋势.选取性能更优越的光频率梳技术进行SBS增益谱叠加,进而利用滤波器频谱带宽可重构的方法来实现基于SBS的滤波器设计.通过optisystem和matlab软件进行仿真分析,得到了3dB带宽为137MHz、形状因子为0.75、可调谐范围为0～20GHz的基于SBS的微波光子滤波器.从滤波器性能得出其可应用于包括卫星通信系统在内的各系统中的收发机,将大频率带宽范围的GHz宽带信号划分为并行的百MHz窄带信号,以便于用低频器件进行相关处理.

To solve the limitation that the electrical filter can only process the signal with specific bandwidth in a specific frequency, a frequency tunable and bandwidth reconfigurable microwave photonic filter is proposed. Among them, the filter based on the stimulated Brillouin scattering effect has become one of the research hotspots due to its low threshold, simple implementation and inherent narrow bandwidth. The performance of the filter obtained by the three SBS gain spectrum expansion schemes is compared experimentally. It is proved that the scheme of using a 5-lines comb generated by the external modulator as the Brillouin pump, and controlling its amplitude spectrum shape by a binary phase shift keying vector signal with the code rate of 50 Mbps obtains the best filter performance. A filter with a 3dB bandwidth of 196MHz, a 20dB form factor of 1.31, an in-band ripple of less than 3.5dB, and an out-of-band rejection ratio of more than 20dB is obtained experimentally. Its excellent performance can meet the requirements of hundreds of megahertz filters required by current microwave photonic channelizers. This scheme has low requirements on optical comb performance and Binary Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK) code rate, which has great application prospects.