A photonic approach for microwave/millimeter-wave frequency measurement using stimulated brillouin scattering in single mode fiber

作者：Xu, K.^*; Sun, X. Q.; Fu, S. N.; Wu, J.; Hong, X. B.; Shum, Perry; Lin, J. T.

来源：Laser Physics, 2010, 20(4): 820-823.

DOI：10.1134/S1054660X10070327

• LASER

A photonic approach for microwave/millimeter-wave (MMW) frequency measurement is proposed and demonstrated based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) of a 20-km standard single mode fiber (SSMF). After the MMW signal is modulated to a laser source with two sidebands using optical carrier suppression (OCS) modulation, its frequency can be easily measured by monitoring the SBS-induced amplification with a power meter. Due to the 1-pm resolution of a tunable pump laser source, a frequency measurement range of 1-40 GHz is demonstrated in our experiment with a frequency resolution of 125 MHz. We believe the frequency measurement range can be further extended to satisfy photonic radar front-end processing application.

• 出版日期2010-4
• 单位北京邮电大学; 南阳理工学院