High-Resolution Range and Velocity Measurement Based on Photonic LFM Microwave Signal Generation and Detection

A microwave photonic approach is proposed to achieve a high resolution enhanced by a factor of 2 for the range and velocity measurement. In the transmitter, a V-shaped linear-frequency-modulated (LFM) microwave signal is generated through the frequency doubling enabled by photonics, with large time-...

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Main Authors: Haixia Cheng, Xihua Zou, Bing Lu, Yao Jiang
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Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
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Xihua Zou
Bing Lu
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description A microwave photonic approach is proposed to achieve a high resolution enhanced by a factor of 2 for the range and velocity measurement. In the transmitter, a V-shaped linear-frequency-modulated (LFM) microwave signal is generated through the frequency doubling enabled by photonics, with large time-bandwidth product for improving the range resolution, whereas in the receiver, the round-trip duration and Doppler frequency shift (DFS) between the transmitted LFM signal and the received echo signal are mapped into two doubled frequency spacings between two pairs of target sidebands by incorporating two cascaded electrooptic modulators. Thus, the distance and velocity of the moving target can be measured from the beat note of the target sidebands, showing a high resolution improved by a factor of 2. Experiments have been implemented and demonstrated in <italic>X</italic>-band with a bandwidth of 2 GHz. The distance measurement indicates an absolute error less than 3&#x00A0;mm. In addition, the performance of the proposed system in terms of low power level is discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-c495d17492e342efadd685bfd8c0acdf2025-08-20T03:32:37ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-011111810.1109/JPHOT.2018.28885658580385High-Resolution Range and Velocity Measurement Based on Photonic LFM Microwave Signal Generation and DetectionHaixia Cheng0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0068-1697Xihua Zou1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7240-4229Bing Lu2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3829-2662Yao Jiang3School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaA microwave photonic approach is proposed to achieve a high resolution enhanced by a factor of 2 for the range and velocity measurement. In the transmitter, a V-shaped linear-frequency-modulated (LFM) microwave signal is generated through the frequency doubling enabled by photonics, with large time-bandwidth product for improving the range resolution, whereas in the receiver, the round-trip duration and Doppler frequency shift (DFS) between the transmitted LFM signal and the received echo signal are mapped into two doubled frequency spacings between two pairs of target sidebands by incorporating two cascaded electrooptic modulators. Thus, the distance and velocity of the moving target can be measured from the beat note of the target sidebands, showing a high resolution improved by a factor of 2. Experiments have been implemented and demonstrated in <italic>X</italic>-band with a bandwidth of 2 GHz. The distance measurement indicates an absolute error less than 3&#x00A0;mm. In addition, the performance of the proposed system in terms of low power level is discussed.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8580385/Microwave photonicrange and velocity measurementhigh resolutionfrequency doublingLFM.
spellingShingle Haixia Cheng
Xihua Zou
Bing Lu
Yao Jiang
High-Resolution Range and Velocity Measurement Based on Photonic LFM Microwave Signal Generation and Detection
IEEE Photonics Journal
Microwave photonic
range and velocity measurement
high resolution
frequency doubling
LFM.
title High-Resolution Range and Velocity Measurement Based on Photonic LFM Microwave Signal Generation and Detection
title_full High-Resolution Range and Velocity Measurement Based on Photonic LFM Microwave Signal Generation and Detection
title_fullStr High-Resolution Range and Velocity Measurement Based on Photonic LFM Microwave Signal Generation and Detection
title_full_unstemmed High-Resolution Range and Velocity Measurement Based on Photonic LFM Microwave Signal Generation and Detection
title_short High-Resolution Range and Velocity Measurement Based on Photonic LFM Microwave Signal Generation and Detection
title_sort high resolution range and velocity measurement based on photonic lfm microwave signal generation and detection
topic Microwave photonic
range and velocity measurement
high resolution
frequency doubling
LFM.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8580385/
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