Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 37, Issue 3, 306004(2017)

Real-Time Measurement of Light Beat-Frequency Signal with Bandwidth of 56.978 GHz

Tao Shixing*, Deng Xiangyang, Li Jianzhong, Wang Jing, and Peng Qixian
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    The transient optical signal with wide bandwidth widely exists in laser interference velocity measurement, optical communication and some other fields. It has wide bandwidth and non-repeatability. The existing direct or indirect optical pulse measurement technologies cannot be applied to the measurement of such signal. We use time-wavelength mapping chirped optical pulse to sample the transient optical signal at a high rate under the four wavelength mixing effect, and magnify the signal time scale by using time-stretching technology and dispersive medium. The bandwidth and sampling rate of the back-end electrical record system are increased by times. The experimental results show that the measurement of light beat-frequency signal with bandwidth of 56.978 GHz in real-time is feasible and the equivalent measurement time resolution is 3.7 ps, which verifies the validity of the proposed method.

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    Tao Shixing, Deng Xiangyang, Li Jianzhong, Wang Jing, Peng Qixian. Real-Time Measurement of Light Beat-Frequency Signal with Bandwidth of 56.978 GHz[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2017, 37(3): 306004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Aug. 26, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 8, 2017

    The Author Email: Shixing Tao (taoshixing109@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201737.0306004

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