• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 6, 060605 (2018)
Jiaqian Yang, Shangyuan Li, Xuedi Xiao, Dexin Wu, Xiaoxiao Xue, and Xiaoping Zheng*
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  • Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.060605 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jiaqian Yang, Shangyuan Li, Xuedi Xiao, Dexin Wu, Xiaoxiao Xue, Xiaoping Zheng. Broadband photonic ADC for microwave photonics-based radar receiver[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(6): 060605 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of the photonic ADC. OFC, optical frequency comb; SG, signal generator; D, dispersion; EDFA, erbium-doped fiber amplifier; MZM, Mach–Zehnder modulator; PD, photodetector; LPF, low pass filter; LNA, low noise amplifier; RTO, real-time oscilloscope.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of the photonic ADC. OFC, optical frequency comb; SG, signal generator; D, dispersion; EDFA, erbium-doped fiber amplifier; MZM, Mach–Zehnder modulator; PD, photodetector; LPF, low pass filter; LNA, low noise amplifier; RTO, real-time oscilloscope.
    Results before and after photonic ADC sampling. (a) Spectrum. (b) Short-time Fourier transform (STFT) analysis. (c) Results after pulse compression.
    Fig. 2. Results before and after photonic ADC sampling. (a) Spectrum. (b) Short-time Fourier transform (STFT) analysis. (c) Results after pulse compression.
    Spectrum of down-converting a signal from 4.08 GHz to 80 MHz. The measured noise figure is 11.4 dB.
    Fig. 3. Spectrum of down-converting a signal from 4.08 GHz to 80 MHz. The measured noise figure is 11.4 dB.
    Schematic of the experimental setup of the broadband microwave photonic ISAR system. AWG, arbitrary waveform generator; LNA, low noise amplifier.
    Fig. 4. Schematic of the experimental setup of the broadband microwave photonic ISAR system. AWG, arbitrary waveform generator; LNA, low noise amplifier.
    Results after pulse compression. (a) Pulse compression result of the echoed wave from two static targets. (b) Range-Doppler map of four rotating small balls.
    Fig. 5. Results after pulse compression. (a) Pulse compression result of the echoed wave from two static targets. (b) Range-Doppler map of four rotating small balls.
    Jiaqian Yang, Shangyuan Li, Xuedi Xiao, Dexin Wu, Xiaoxiao Xue, Xiaoping Zheng. Broadband photonic ADC for microwave photonics-based radar receiver[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(6): 060605
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