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Bandwidth superposition of linearly chirped microwave waveforms based on a Fourier domain mode-locked optoelectronic
Abstract:
Optoelectronic oscillators (OEOs) are promising for radar, communication and electronic countermeasure systems. Among them, frequency-scanning OEOs with wide instantaneous bandwidth are needed for many advanced applications. In this work, we demonstrate a novel system to generate bandwidth-doubled linearly chirped microwave waveforms (LCMWs) based on bandwidth superposition using a Fourier domain mode-locked OEO (FDML OEO). In the proposed system, bandwidth-doubling is achieved by re-modulating the generated LCMW of the FDML OEO onto a frequency-scanning optical carrier signal with the help of an external Mach-Zehnder modulator. LCMWs with wide frequency scanning instantaneous bandwidth of 10 GHz are experimentally obtained. Meanwhile, these LCMWs are tunable in an ultra-wide frequency range from 1 to 39 GHz. Moreover, they are with high frequency sweep linearity of 0.5%. Our work presents a simple method to generate tunable wide-band LCMWs for potential microwave sources.
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