相位调制微波光链路的性能分析和仿真

微波光链路在现实生活中扮演了非常重要的角色,将建立相位调制微波光链路的数学模型,对相位调制微波光链路的增益、噪声系数、动态范围等性能进行理论分析,并通过OptiSystem进行系统性能仿真.     

微波光链路的噪声系数分析

微波光链路(MPL)是利用光纤传输微波信号,与传统的射频链路相比具有带宽大、损耗小、质量轻、抗电磁干扰等优势,但也存在噪声系数较大的问题,从而影响链路的动态范围.建立了直接调制的微波光链路模型,在不考虑频响的情况下推导出链路固有增益和噪声系数的表达式,研究了激光器的转换效率、光纤的损耗和相对强度噪声(RIN)对链路噪声系数的影响.还建立了链路频响的模型,推导出固有增益与频率关系的表达式,分析仿真了频率对链路固有增益和噪声系数的影响,并与实验结果进行了比较.     

基于EDFA的长距离微波光子链路噪声恶化研究

文章针对长距离模拟微波光链路存在性能参数难以改善的问题,建立了在外调制方式下基于掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)的超长距离微波光子链路参数理论模型,并在该模型下根据单个EDFA的噪声恶化表达式推导了链路中级联三个EDFA时整个链路的噪声恶化表达式,给出了整个链路的噪声恶化与增益、噪声系数、无杂散动态范围以及1d B压缩动态范围的函数关系式,详细论述了链路性能随器件参数变化的演变规律。通过对参数的仿真分析,其结果表明可以通过控制直流光电流以及噪声恶化的程度来提高链路的综合性能,对微波光链路的工程设计和应用提供了理论参考。     

微波光子链路无杂散动态范围概述

本文介绍了微波光子学应用前景和微波光子链路研究现状,研究限制微波光子链路动态范围的首要因素三阶交调失真,以及提高链路动态范围的现有技术,并且提出了未来微波光链路设计中需要解决的问题。     

微波光链路的相位噪声研究

相位噪声是影响微波光链路性能的参数之一.为了优化微波光链路的相位噪声,需推导相位噪声的理论模型.本文基于外调制微波光链路对链路相位噪声进行建模,并分析噪声系数、调制器的偏置点对微波光链路相位噪声的影响,利用matlab编程软件对该模型进行仿真,并通过实验验证该模型对相位噪声的优化具有指导意义.     

一种2~18 GHz超宽带模拟控温微波光发射机设计

针对当前数字控温的光发射机会引入无法消除的杂散干扰信号问题,设计了一款具有电路精简、结构小巧和功耗低等特点的模拟控温微波光发射机,并给出了光发射机的组成和各模块的详细设计电路。根据直接调制原理搭建了微波链路模拟测试系统,测试了模拟控温光发射机的S散射参数、杂散抑制比、谐波抑制比和系统噪声系数等重要指标参数。测试结果表明:S散射参数链路增益≥-25 dB,增益平坦度为±2 dB;杂散抑制比大于90 dB,杂散信号基本淹没在系统底噪中;谐波抑制比超过50 dB,达到了67 dB左右;噪声系数控制在2 GHz@35 dB~18 GHz@56 dB水平,完全满足实际使用要求。     

基于相位调制的大动态微波光子链路仿真研究

针对相位调制微波光链路线性解调困难的问题,开展了基于锁相环高线性相位解调方法的理论研究。建立了详细的链路模型,充分考虑噪声和非线性畸变的影响,推导得到了链路关键参数的变化趋势。同时结合实际链路器件参数,完成了链路关键参数的仿真研究。结果显示,基于锁相环,在200MHz的射频频率下,链路动态范围可达到127dB·Hz2/3,较传统强度调制方法提升近20dB,为大动态微波光子链路实验应用提供了一定的理论参考。     

宽带大动态微波光子混合链路的优化研究

典型的微波光子混合链路包含微波前端、纯光链路和后置微波放大,其动态范围、噪声系数等性能受到这三个环节的共同制约.首先建立了纯光链路的理论模型,并分析了其参数优化方法;然后将纯光链路在混合链路中等效为微波模型,利用微波级联理论分析了微波前端和后置微波放大的增益和三阶截交点对混合链路的动态范围、噪声系数的影响规律,进而得到微波光子混合链路的优化方法.     

外调制微波光传输链路性能优化研究

微波光传输链路(MWPL)具有损耗小、容量大、重量轻、抗干扰能力强等优点,已在军事、雷达、无线通信等领域得到广泛应用.决定微波光传输链路性能的参数主要有链路增益、噪声系数和动态范围.文章首先通过建模分析,推导出了增益和噪声系数的关系,研究了微波光传输系统噪声系数的各种影响因素.通过仿真与实验验证表明,合理的调节调制器输入光功率,可提高链路增益,同时降低链路噪声系数,优化传输链路的性能.     

射频光传输雷达接收链路的系统优化

在雷达指标体系中,探测距离和目标分辨能力是其中的重要参数。而噪声系数（NF）和接收链路的压缩动态范围（CDR）则影响着这两个指标。随着射频光传输（ROF）在雷达接收链路中应用的推进,除了对光链路本身的探讨外,还需扩展到接收链路中微波和光波的协同分析。因此,将其中的微波前级放大、射频光传输（ROF）、微波后级放大进行耦合,普适性地探讨接收链路CDR和NF。例如,当光链路噪声功率谱密度为?164 dBm/Hz,光链路增益?20 dB时,可设计前级放大41 dB。在这种情况下,接收链路CDR_1dB达143 dB·Hz,噪声系数为4.15 dB,能够同时满足探测距离和目标分辨的要求。对外调制光链路而言,调制器的半波电压可选择在2.0~5.8 V之间,实现性能和成本的平衡。分析从系统角度出发,探讨了基于ROF的接收链路,能够满足雷达功能要求,同时,也为接收链路中电器件和光器件的设计提供了依据。     

Noise Figure Reduction in Externally Modulated Analog Fiber-Optic Links

An octave-bandwidth microwave photonic link with a third-order limited spurious-free dynamic range of 121 dB in a 1-Hz bandwidth has been demonstrated. The link noise figure of 9 dB at a modulation frequency of 2 GHz was achieved by using a bias-shifted Mach-Zehnder modulator with an optical input power of 500 mW. This level of performance was realized without electronic or optical linearization     

噪声对消射频光子链路的噪声系数研究

噪声系数是宽带射频光子链路的重要参数,影响射频信号传输和处理系统的信噪比.提出了一种噪声对消射频光子链路,采用平衡光探测器对直流光和调制光转换的光电流相减处理,得到链路的噪声系数改善.从光信号调制、探测及噪声功率变化特性出发,建立了噪声对消射频光子链路的理论模型,并通过理论分析研究了噪声系数与激光功率、相对强度噪声、光...     

基于激光器RIN抑制的宽带低噪声微波光传输技术

微波光子链路中的核心器件激光器、调制器、光电探测器均为有源器件,在微波信号的电光光电转换过程中会引入额外的噪声,导致微波信号的噪声性能恶化,高的噪声系数会降低电子信息系统的灵敏度、动态范围、探测精度等关键性能指标,因此抑制噪声成为实现高性能微波光子系统的关键。文章针对当前激光器噪声较高的限制,提出采用常规分布反馈(DFB)激光器与光放大器、窄带光子滤波相组合的方式来抑制激光源噪声,实现微波光子链路的宽带低噪声。建立了微波光子链路传输模型,分析了链路性能与器件参数之间的映射关系。实测对比了采用该组合光源方案与常规微波光子链路的噪声性能,结果表明采用高功率光源结合光滤波可对激光器远端相对强度噪声(RIN)实现高的抑制,通过优化,噪声系数较常规水平可改善15 dB以上。     

Development and antenna range demonstration of an eight-elementoptically powered directly modulated receive UHF fiberopticmanifold

We describe the development and antenna range demonstration of an eight-element optically powered directly modulated UHF fiberoptic manifold. Low-power consumption active laser diode drivers are used to set the link noise figure to below 3 dB without major sacrifice in link dynamic range, power is provided via light, propagating in a multimode fiber, and is converted to DC via photovoltaic converters. The manifold has a 75 MHz 3 dB bandwidth (350-425 MHz), it consumes 216 mW per channel (54 mA@4 V), has a two-tone dynamic range of 69 dB-MHz^2/3 and a noise figure of 2.4 dB     

An analytic and experimental comparison of direct and externalmodulation in analog fiber-optic links

Analytic lumped-element small-signal models of directly and externally modulated analog fiber-optic links are derived. Incremental modulation efficiency is defined and used to compare the performances of these modulation techniques. In experiments to optimize link RF-to-RF gain and noise figure, the measurements obtained agreed with calculations to within ≈1 dB. The externally modulated link was operated with two different impedance matching circuits. With a low-pass match the bandwidth was 150 MHz, and the link transducer gain was 1 dB; with a bandpass match the bandwidth was 22 MHz, the link transducer gain was 11 dB, and the noise figure was 6 dB. The directly modulated link was operated with a low-pass match. In this case, the bandwidth was 1 GHz, the link transducer gain was -14 dB, and the noise figure was 33 dB. These experimental results were achieved with no amplification,     

High-performance optical analog link using external modulator

An experimental fiber-optic analog link with a noise figure of only 6-dB, a 104-dB intermodulation-free dynamic range (measured using a 10-Hz noise bandwidth), and an RF-to-RF gain of 11 dB at 50 MHz is discussed. The link includes no electronic amplification. It uses a very sensitive bandpass impedance-matched Ti:LiNbO₃ interferometric modulator and an input optical power of 55 mW at 1.32 μm     

Low-loss 1.3-μm MQW electroabsorption modulators forhigh-linearity analog optical links

Low-loss InAsP-GaInP multiquantum-well electroabsorption waveguide modulators have been developed for transmitting microwaves as subcarriers over optical fibers. The fiber-to-fiber insertion loss is only 5 dB at 1.32-μm wavelength. The electrooptic slope efficiency of an 185-μm-long 11-GHz bandwidth device is equivalent to a Mach-Zehnder modulator with a V_π of 2.2 V. The linearity performance was characterized for a test link without any form of amplification. A RF-to-RF link efficiency of -25.5 dB, noise figure of 27 dB and suboctave spurious-free dynamic range of 114 dB.Hz^4/5 have been achieved with 16 mW input optical carrier power. The measured 3-dB electrical bandwidth exceeds 20 GHz for a 90-μm-long device     

Experimental linewidth-insensitive coherent analog optical link

We constructed an experimental linewidth-insensitive coherent analog optical link. The transmitter utilizes an external electro-optic amplitude modulator and a semiconductor laser. The receiver consists of a heterodyne front-end, a wideband filter, square law detector and narrowband lowpass filter. We performed experimental measurements and theoretical analyses of the spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR), link gain and noise figure for both the coherent AM and the direct detection links; we investigated the dependencies of the foregoing parameters on the received optical signal power, laser linewidth, IF bandwidth, and the laser relative intensity noise (RIN). By selecting a wide enough bandpass filter, we made the coherent AM link insensitive to laser linewidth. The coherent AM link exhibits a higher SFDR than the corresponding direct detection link when the received optical signal power is less than 85 μW. The noise figure for the coherent link is greater than that for the direct detection link under all conditions investigated. For received optical signal powers greater than 4 μW, the link gain for the direct detection link is greater than that for the coherent AM link. The following are the link parameters that have been achieved for the coherent AM link investigated: SFDR=88 dB·Hz^2/3, link gain=-25 dB and noise figure=78 dB; this performance has been obtained with a received optical signal power of 85 μW, and a local oscillator power at the photodetector of 228 μW. The link performance can be further improved by auxiliary subsystems such as a balanced receiver and impedance matched transmitter and receiver ends; and/or by using better optical and electrical devices like higher power lasers, linearized optical modulators, low-noise and high gain RF amplifiers, and optical amplifiers,