Abstract
A photonic-assisted microwave frequency measurement (MFM) method based on optical heterodyne detection is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In the proposed MFM system, a linearly chirped optical waveform (LCOW) from a three-electrode distributed Bragg reflector laser diode (DBR-LD) and a multi-wavelength signal from a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), where the signal under test (SUT) is modulated on an optical carrier from a distributed feedback laser diode (DFB-LD), are heterodyne detected by the photodetector (PD). A bandpass filter then filters the detected signal, and the envelope is detected by an oscilloscope. Then, frequency-to-time mapping is realized, and the signal frequency is measured. Thanks to the fast tuning rate and large tuning range of the DBR-LD, the proposed MFM system has a high measurement speed and a broad instantaneous measurement bandwidth. In the experimental demonstration, a measurement error below 39.1 MHz is achieved at an instantaneous bandwidth of 20 GHz and a measurement speed of 1.12 GHz/µs. The MFM of a frequency-hopping signal is also experimentally demonstrated. The successful demonstration of the MFM system with a simple structure provides a new optical solution for realizing broadband and fast microwave frequency measurements.
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