Abstract

A photonics-based instantaneous microwave frequency measurement with broadband signal generation and processing is proposed and demonstrated. In this scheme, a broadband triangular linear frequency-modulated (LFM) signal is first optically generated, and photonic mixing of the LFM signal with a signal under test (SUT) is implemented before extracting the frequency information in the oscilloscope. In the experiment, both accurate single-frequency and multifrequency measurements are successfully realized using low-speed electronic devices. The experimental results confirm a measurement accuracy of <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$&lt;$</tex-math> </inline-formula> <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm$</tex-math> </inline-formula> 50 MHz within a frequency range from 1 to 39 GHz.

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