Continuous True-Time-Delay System Employing a Novel Tunable Chirped Fiber Grating Delay Line and a Sampled Grating Based Multiwavelength Fiber Laser

A photonics true-time-delay system for phased array antenna beam steering employing a novel tunable chirped fiber grating delay line and a multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser source based on a sampled grating filter is proposed. The tunable chirped fiber grating, which act as a continuous time-delay element, is achieved by bending a uniform fiber Bragg grating bonded at a slant onto the lateral surface of a simply supported beam. This technique allows the dynamic control of the chirp rate and spectral width of the grating without center wavelength shift. By adjusting the chirp rate of the fiber grating via bend strain, this kind of tunable chirped fiber grating could achieve very low and adjustable delay times, therefore provides higher angle resolution for scanning microwave beam, even the wavelengths of laser source are fixed and un-tunable. The true-time-delay system using proposed tunable chirped fiber grating delay element and sampled grating based laser source is constructed and demonstrated experimentally.     

Photonic Signal Processing of High-Speed Signals Using Fiber Gratings

Methods for wideband photonic signal processing using fiber delay lines and Bragg grating sampling elements are described. These processors provide new capabilities for the realization of high time-bandwidth operation and high resolution performance. Multiple wavelength techniques with discrete and chirped Bragg gratings are described, which have high capacity signal processing functions using dense parallel signal processing techniques. Both fixed and tunable or reconfigurable processors using wavelength control to change the sampling time are discussed. A range of grating-based signal processors, including high Q microwave filtering, frequency discriminators, widely tunable filters, fast and adaptive signal correlators, and true-time delay beamforming in phased array antennas are described.     

True Time Delay Scheme for X-band Phased Array Radar

The system of a true-time delay line for X-band and 8-unit phased array antennas is introduced. Changing the length of a chirp grating with piezotranslator（PZT）, the variable delay is obtained. The scheme is applied to X-band phased array radar whose searching data rate is 56/s. It is simulated that the beam squinting is influenced by the error of real time delay. The relation between the beamforming mode and its modifying volt is discussed.     

啁啾光纤光栅移相器在相控阵天线中的应用

本文首先介绍了相控阵天线中的移相器和延时线，然后从啁啾光纤光栅的相位匹配条件出发推导出这种光栅的时延特性近似表达式，并提出将啁啾光纤光栅作为延时线应用于相控阵开线，然后给出了不同光波波长条件下的相移特性。     

Continuously tunable photonic microwave true-time delay based on tunable chirped fibre Bragg grating

A simple scheme for the photonic microwave true-time delay with high tunability based on a tunable chirped fibre Bragg grating without centre wavelength shift is experimentally demonstrated. A large dynamic range of true-time delay from 20 to 200 ps was achieved for a microwave signal carried over an optical signal.     

基于色散光学的光波束形成网络

为了实现大波束指向范围和精细步进调节的光波束形成网络,采用了基于光学色散实现光真延时的方法.通过光开关实现N路高色散光纤路径切换获得大步进等延时差,实现了波束指向的大范围和大步进调节;通过调谐线性啁啾光纤光栅色散系数连续调谐获得小步进等延时差,实现了波束指向的小范围和小步进调节.结果表明,波束指向角度范围为-73.74...     

Variable delay line for phased-array antenna based on a chirpedfiber grating

We present a theoretical and experimental analysis of the performance of phased-array antennas steered by a single chirped fiber grating. Two approaches consisting of conventional and single-sideband (SSB) modulation techniques of the optical signal are presented in order to compare their performance and suitability for beamforming applications in microwave antennas. By using a 40-cm-long chirped grating, we measure the phase and amplitude response and calculate the corresponding radiation patterns to demonstrate wide-band operation and continuous spatial scanning properties of both configurations. SSB modulation Is presented as a real alternative to the first one offering broader operation band (4-18 GHz) for a given chirped grating and being less demanding on the fiber grating characteristics     

Chirped fibre Bragg gratings for phased-array antennas

A variable delay line for phased-array antennas based on a chirped fibre Bragg grating is demonstrated. The time delay of a microwave modulating signal is modified by scanning in wavelength a chirped grating. In this initial experiment, time delay variations up to 556 ps have been achieved using a grating of 0.4 nm bandwidth and 6 cm length and modulating in the frequency range 390 MHz-5.20 GHz     

A high-resolution compact optical true-time delay beamformer using fiber Bragg grating and highly dispersive fiber

A high resolution optical true-time delay (OTTD) beamformer constructed by fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and highly dispersive fiber (HDF) is presented. It can produce the true time delay with the resolution of 1 ps. Besides the proposed system has compact structure and light weight even when a large number of antenna elements are present in a practical antenna array, this is because the used FBG fibers and HDFs are short and independent of the antenna element number. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations are made. Proof-of-concept experiment results that demonstrate the feasibility of the system are presented.     

An introduction to the optical commutator

This paper describes a new device called an optical commutator. It is shown that this device can provide the time delays needed for true-time steering of an antenna array. The optical commutator consists of a rotatable folded lens comprising a set of fiber-optic coils arranged on a rotor and other fiber optics arranged on a stator. The beam steering is achieved by simply rotating the lens. The design theory of the commutator is described and equations are derived that allow the fiber-optic coil lengths of the windings to be determined for a given antenna performance specification. It is shown that the commutator can be designed to steer either flat, circular, or cylindrical arrays. The bandwidth of this concept is predicted to be significantly broader than any existing phased-array systems and that due to the simplicity of this system, considerable savings in both cost and weight should be possible when compared to present phased-array steering approaches. An optical commutator has been constructed to verify the design concept, and timing measurements have been made that validate the design     

基于CFG的连续TTD系统研究

提出并实验验证了一个四通道的基于啁啾光栅的连续可调光控延时系统,该系统适合于频率达10 GHz的相控阵天线的波束形成及扫描,使用一种基于啁啾光栅的延时网络和一种新型的波长等间隔增大或减小的多波长可调谐线性腔光纤激光器.光纤激光器的等波长间隔,通过相等增量的作用力挤压或拉伸激光谐振器中固定在一个有机塑料盘上成一定的角度相邻的布拉格光栅来调谐.光控延时是通过被调制光在一个线性啁啾光栅的不同位置反射而实现,波长等间隔激光可获得等间隔的延时.     

Adjustable compensation of polarization mode dispersion using ahigh-birefringence nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating

We demonstrate an adjustable polarization-mode-dispersion (PMD) compensator. The device uses a nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating written into a high-birefringence photosensitive fiber. By mechanically stretching the grating, the device generates a time delay between different polarizations that is adjustable from 100 to 320 ps and is tunable over 2.3 nm. We demonstrate tunable PMD compensation of a 10-Gb/s signal that has an initial delay between the two polarization states of 127 or 302 ps     

基于光纤光栅的实时延时技术

光实时延时技术与相控阵技术的融合,解决了传统相控阵雷达的瞬时大带宽受限和波束偏斜问题.文中给出了光实时延时技术的思想,讨论了光实时延时技术出现的背景.分析了应用于光实时延时技术中的光纤光栅的原理,着重讨论了均匀光纤光栅和线性啁啾光栅,分别给出了基于两种光纤光栅的光实时延时的技术方案,在此基础上,讨论了受控于应变和温度的光纤光栅在光实时延时技术中的应用.最后讨论了一些技术上存在的问题.

Abstract：

Optical true time delay technology (OTTD) is the key technology for phase array antennas (PAA).By using OTTD,the beam squint and the restriction of instantaneous bandwidth are resolved.The principles of OTTD are given,the emergence background of OTTD is discussed.The theory of fiber Bragg grating(FBG) used in OTTD is analyzed,especially on uniform fiber bragg grating and linear chirped fiber Bragg grating.Two OTTD schemes based on FBG is presented,then some new kinds of FBG used in OTTD are discussed.Some technique hurdles are analyzed as well.     

Photonic True-Time Delay Beamforming Based on Superstructured Fiber Bragg Gratings With Linearly Increasing Equivalent Chirps

A photonic true-time delay beamforming system for phased array antennas based on superstructured fiber Bragg gratings (SFBGs) with linearly increasing equivalent chirps is proposed and demonstrated. The theory behind SFBGs with equivalent chirps is detailed and a closed-form equation for the equivalent dispersion is presented for the first time. Array factors, calculated based on the experimentally measured time delays are shown for different wavelengths of the photonic beamformer. An analysis of the errors present in the group delay responses of the fabricated SFBGs is also presented.     

一种闭环控制的光纤光栅动态色散补偿仪

利用啁啾光纤光栅的应变调谐特性，将色散补偿的啁啾光纤光栅斜贴于悬臂梁的侧面，通过应力实现啁啾量调整而改变其色散补偿量的大小，同时利用固定在同一悬臂梁的均匀布拉格光栅传感器，实现了闭环自动控制色散补偿量，研制出了一种新型的光纤光栅动态色散补偿仪。该色散补偿仪工作在1550nm波段，典型性能数据为：色散动态补偿范围-1000-1680ps／nm，插入损耗小于1．5dB，动态调谐步进响应时间小于50ms，基本上能满足10Gb／s光纤通信系统中色散动态补偿的要求。     

Optical fiber recirculating delay line incorporating a fibergrating array

For a practical optical fiber recirculating delay line the maximum notch depth and tunable free spectral range are difficult to achieve because of fixed coupling coefficient and loop length. We present here an optical fiber recirculating delay line incorporating a fiber grating array. In this work, the effect of insertion loss in the delay loop is investigated and used to maximize the notch depth of the frequency response. The tunable free spectral range is obtained from the wavelength dependent loop length introduced by the fiber grating array     

超宽带阵列天线的接收波束形成研究

针对超宽带接收波束形成问题,提出了一种基于延迟线(tapped delay line)网络结构阵列信号处理方法,应用这种方法修正各路信号,最后对齐信号合成输出。详细分析了基于延迟线的数字波束形成原理,研究了该方法对空间信号的接收性能,并通过仿真验证了这种方法的可行性。分析了阵列天线参数的选取及方向图出现栅瓣的情况。这种方法处理阵列信号简单实用,易于工程实现。     

利用悬臂梁将均匀周期光纤光栅变为啁啾光纤光栅

利用均质、等厚及等腰梯形的悬臂梁,对刚性粘贴其表面的光纤光栅的布喇格反射中心波长在1557．68～1564．2nm范围内进行了线性调谐,同时带宽为外0.52nm的均匀周期的光纤光栅被调谐成带宽为2．52nm的啁啾光栅,且啁啾量可调。随着带宽的增加,反射谱的峰值功率呈减弱的趋势。     

Continuous photonic microwave true-time delay using tapered chirped fibre Bragg grating

A photonic microwave true-time delay using a tapered chirped fibre Bragg grating is proposed and fabricated. A resistive heating electrode coated on the tapered fibre and a single-wavelength light was incorporated to control the time delay continuously without any mechanical perturbation and moving. It was achieved by adjusting the reflection positions of the optical signal carrying the microwave signal from within the tapered grating via the thermo-optic effect. The measured time delay was /spl sim/120 ps with electrical power consumption of 250 mW.     

基于微环延时的宽带相控阵天线系统

微环作为一种典型的平面光波导回路,具有结构紧凑、性能可靠等特点,而用其制成的波导延时芯片集成度高、体积小,与其他光延时器件相比,更适合于贴近阵面安装。因此提出了一种基于阵元级微环延时、子阵级光纤延时的宽带相控阵天线系统,并在均匀线阵的情况下,对所提天线系统进行了数学建模和性能仿真。由仿真结果可知,与一般的阵元级移相、子阵级光纤延时的相控阵系统相比,所提系统能够更有效地满足电子对抗宽带宽角扫描的需求。