Wide-open, high-resolution microwave/millimeter-wave Doppler frequency shift estimation using photonics technology
Abstract
Today, wide-open, high-resolution Doppler frequency shift (DFS) estimation is essential for radar, microwave/millimeter-wave, and communication systems. Using photonics technology, an effective approach is proposed and experimentally demonstrated, providing a high-resolution and frequency-independent solution. In the approach consisting of two cascaded opto-electronic modulators, DFS between the transmitted microwave/ millimeter-wave signal and the received echo signal is mapped into a doubled spacing between two target optical sidebands. Subsequently, the DFS is then estimated through the spectrum analysis of a generated low-frequency electrical signal, with an improved resolution by a factor of 2. In experiments, DFSs from -90 to 90 KHz are successfully estimated for microwave/millimeter-wave signals at 10, 15, and 30 GHz, where estimation errors keep lower than +/- 5e-10 Hz. For radial velocity measurement, these results reveal a range from 0 to 900 m/s (0 to 450 m/s) and a resolution of 1e-11 m/s (5e-12 m/s) at 15-GHz (30-GHz) frequency band.
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@article{arxiv.1404.2077,
title = {Wide-open, high-resolution microwave/millimeter-wave Doppler frequency shift estimation using photonics technology},
author = {Xihua Zou and Wangzhe Li and Bing Lu and Wei Pan and Lianshan Yan and Liyang Shao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2077},
year = {2014}
}
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8 pages, 10 figures