摘要:
A feed signal generator (10) for a phased array antenna, comprising: an input (12) to receive an optical spectrum having first and second phase-locked spectral components, respectively having first and second optical frequencies; wavelength selective separator apparatus (14) to separate the optical spectrum into a first optical signal being the first spectral component and a second optical signal being the second spectral component; an optical time delay element (16) to apply a time delay to the first optical signal to form a delayed optical signal; a heterodyning device (20) to heterodyne the delayed optical signal and the second optical signal to generate a feed signal (22) having a power proportional to a product of the amplitudes of the second and delayed optical signals and a phase proportional to the time delay; and optical amplitude control apparatus (18) to set an amplitude of the delayed optical signal such that the product of said amplitudes causes the power of the feed signal to have a preselected value.
摘要:
A digital signal processing, DSP, unit (10) for use in a coherent optical receiver for an optical communications network. The DSP unit comprises an adaptive equaliser (12) and a processing block (22). The equaliser (12) comprises input ports for receiving electrical signals, each corresponding to a different state of polarization of an optical signal received by the coherent optical receiver,and output ports,each connected to a processing branch (14). A processing branch comprises a symbol sequence estimator, SSE, (16) and a carrier phase estimator, CPE, (18) comprising an input for receiving signal taped from an output of the processing branch. An output of the CPE is connected to a phase adjuster (20) interconnecting the respective output port of the equaliser and the SSE. The processing block (22) is connected to an output of the CPE,an output of the processing branch and at least one of the output of the phase adjuster and the outputs of the equalizer.
摘要:
A transceiver for a phased array antenna comprises a laser light source arranged to provide an optical spectrum comprising a plurality of spaced wavelengths. The transceiver further comprises a dispersion unit arranged to introduce a delay to a plurality of spectral components of the optical spectrum associated with the spaced wavelengths. The delay is dependent on the wavelength of the spectral components of the optical spectrum. The transceiver further comprises a first optical filter configured to select a plurality of spectral components received from the dispersion unit. The transceiver further comprises a first heterodyning device configured to generate a signal for transmission by the phased array antenna by heterodyning the selected spectral components associated with different ones of the spaced wavelengths of the laser light source. The transceiver is configured to receive signals from the phased array antenna. The transceiver further comprises a modulator configured to modulate spaced wavelengths from the said laser light source with the received signals. The spaced wavelengths are associated with the spectral components used to generate the signal for transmission. The transceiver further comprises a second heterodyning device configured to heterodyne spectral components associated with different ones of the spaced wavelengths of the laser light source.
摘要:
A method for optical and electrical signal processing of a multi-heterodyne signal generated by a multi-mode semi-conductor laser, for a system comprising two laser sources and an sample interaction unit. At least the beam of one of the laser passes through said sample interaction unit before being combined on a detector. The first laser is tuned (40=>42) by an amount keeping the tuning result within the available detector bandwidth (55). Then the second laser is roughly tuned by the same amount as the tuning of the first laser to bring back the signal to the vicinity (48) of the original place in the RF-domain and within the bandwidth (55) of the detector. The tuning steps are repeated with different value of mode spacing for reconstructing the sample spectrum and provide a high resolution image of the dip (41) absorption line (40).
摘要:
A multi-waveband OFDM receiver and a frequency offset compensation method and system are disclosed. The method includes: performing single waveband frequency offset estimation on an optical comb line of each order; classifying the optical comb lines into a low mutation optical comb line and a high mutation optical comb line; performing joint frequency offset estimation on the low mutation optical comb line; and performing compensation for a frequency offset of a radio frequency drive signal by using an estimated joint frequency offset. The present invention improves accuracy and reliability of the frequency offset estimation of the radio frequency drive signal, so that the degree of the compensation for the frequency offset of the radio frequency drive signal is more comprehensive and accurate.
摘要:
The invention concerns a method for bidirectional transmission of signals between a first device (CORAS1) and a further device (TER3) via an intermediate device (CORAS2), wherein an optical downlink data signal is transmitted on an optical downlink carrier frequency from the first device (CORAS1) to said intermediate device (CORAS2), the optical downlink data signal is converted to an electrical downlink data signal in said intermediate device (CORAS2), the electrical downlink data signal is transmitted from said intermediate device (CORAS2) to the further device (TER3) via a wireless connection, an uplink data signal is transmitted from the further device (TER3) to said intermediate device (CORAS2) via a wireless connection, the electrical uplink data signal is modulated on an optical uplink carrier frequency in said intermediate device (CORAS2) resulting in an optical uplink data signal, which is transmitted from said intermediate device (CORAS2) to the first device (CORAS1), and a transceiver therefor.
摘要:
An apparatus and method are provided for receiving an optical signal having an optical carrier component and at least one information-bearing optical sideband. In general, an optical filter arrangement (110) is used to separate the optical carrier component from the information-bearing optical sideband. First and second optical splitters (126, 128) divide the optical power in the optical carrier and the optical sideband, respectively, into corresponding sub-components. The sub-components of the optical carrier have substantially orthogonal polarisation states, which is an optional characteristic of the sideband sub-components. First and second optical coupling devices (142, 144) respectively each combine one of the optical carrier sub-components with a corresponding one of the optical sideband sub-components. Optical detectors (158, 160) detect the outputs of the combiners (142, 144). The arrangement is able to achieve a number of the benefits of coherent optical heterodyne receivers, particularly when used in combination with advanced coding and modulation methods, while avoiding the need, and associated complexity, of providing an optical oscillator at the receiver.