• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 9, 090001 (2023)
Yin Li1, Qiaosong Cai2, Jie Yang2, Tong Zhou3..., Yuanxi Peng1 and Tian Jiang4,*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing, College of Computer Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Academy of Military Sciences PLA China, Beijing 100071, China
  • 3Beijing Institute for Advanced Study, National University of Defense Technology, Beijing 100000, China
  • 4Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.090001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yin Li, Qiaosong Cai, Jie Yang, Tong Zhou, Yuanxi Peng, Tian Jiang, "Adaptive microwave photonic angle-of-arrival estimation based on BiGRU-CNN [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 090001 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of the proposed adaptive microwave photonic AOA estimation system using BiGRU-CNN. V, envelope voltage vector; R, correlation matrix.
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the proposed adaptive microwave photonic AOA estimation system using BiGRU-CNN. V, envelope voltage vector; R, correlation matrix.
    (a) RF signal incident on two array elements of the DDMZM-i; (b) simulation prediction of the relationship between the output envelope voltage and AOA under different signal frequencies: di = 1.875 cm, ΔL = 0 cm; (c) model of the BiGRU-CNN.
    Fig. 2. (a) RF signal incident on two array elements of the DDMZM-i; (b) simulation prediction of the relationship between the output envelope voltage and AOA under different signal frequencies: di = 1.875 cm, ΔL = 0 cm; (c) model of the BiGRU-CNN.
    Experimental setup of three-DDMZM-based AOA estimation system.
    Fig. 3. Experimental setup of three-DDMZM-based AOA estimation system.
    (a) Normalized amplitude response for AOA at signal frequency 13 GHz; (b) normalized amplitude response for frequency at AOA 30°.
    Fig. 4. (a) Normalized amplitude response for AOA at signal frequency 13 GHz; (b) normalized amplitude response for frequency at AOA 30°.
    (a) Training loss and (b) validation loss of different neural network architectures during training.
    Fig. 5. (a) Training loss and (b) validation loss of different neural network architectures during training.
    Experimental results of actual AOA and estimated AOA (blue circles) and the corresponding errors at different frequencies (3, 8, and 13 GHz) over a −80° to 80° measurement range. The blue solid line represents the ideal curve for actual AOA and estimated AOA.
    Fig. 6. Experimental results of actual AOA and estimated AOA (blue circles) and the corresponding errors at different frequencies (3, 8, and 13 GHz) over a −80° to 80° measurement range. The blue solid line represents the ideal curve for actual AOA and estimated AOA.
    Real-time IFM with 3 GHz pulse signal (width 1 µs, period 2 µs) at AOA of 30°; the frequency of 0 GHz means no signal is incident.
    Fig. 7. Real-time IFM with 3 GHz pulse signal (width 1 µs, period 2 µs) at AOA of 30°; the frequency of 0 GHz means no signal is incident.
    LayerOutput ShapeUnitsFilter SizeNumber of Filters
    Input3 × 3///
    BiGRU3 × 512256//
    Convolution-13 × 512/1 × 1512
    Convolution-23 × 256/1 × 1256
    Convolution-33 × 128/1 × 1128
    Flattened384///
    Fully connected128128//
    Output11//
    Table 1. Parameters of the Optimized BiGRU-CNN
    Yin Li, Qiaosong Cai, Jie Yang, Tong Zhou, Yuanxi Peng, Tian Jiang, "Adaptive microwave photonic angle-of-arrival estimation based on BiGRU-CNN [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 090001 (2023)
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