Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 11, 20230172(2023)

Optoelectronic dual down-conversion technology in laser coherent radar

Yikang Zhang1, Xiaolin Sui1, Bo Liu1, Ziyan Wu1, Bo Mei1, and Bo Wang2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Science and Technology on Solid-state Laser Laboratory, North China Research Institute of Electro-optics, Beijing 100015, China
  • 2Yuchen Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200333, China
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    Workflow diagram of laser coherent radar
    Schematic diagram of mirror frequency
    Construction of quadrature frequency down conversion
    (a) Time domain diagram of radar echo signal; (b) PSD diagram of radar echo signal
    (a) Time domain diagram of mixing results of direct mixing method; (b) PSD diagram of mixing results of direct mixing method
    Amplitude-frequency response and phase-frequency response curve of Hilbert filter
    (a) Time domain diagram of mixing results of orthogonal mixing method; (b) PSD diagram of mixing results of orthogonal mixing method
    Diagram of comparison of SNR of simulation results under different mixing methods
    (a) PSD diagram before compensating for I/Q branch imbalance; (b) PSD diagram after compensating for I/Q branch imbalance
    Diagram of fiber producing 90° phase difference between the LO channels
    Diagram of mixed I/Q signal
    Diagram of SNR and SNR gain of demodulated signals of received signals with different SNR
    • Table 1. Data of signal to noise ratio before and after amplitude error compensation

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      Table 1. Data of signal to noise ratio before and after amplitude error compensation

      SNRAmplitude error/mV
      −0.30.20.525
      SNR before compensation/dB4.694.794.673.893.08
      SNR after compensation/dB4.824.824.824.824.82
      Gain of SNR/dB0.130.020.150.921.73
    • Table 2. Data table of signal to noise ratio before and after phase error compensation

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      Table 2. Data table of signal to noise ratio before and after phase error compensation

      SNRPhase error/rad
      ${\pi }/{2}$${\pi }/{3}$${\pi }/{5}$${\pi }/{10}$${\pi }/{50}$
      SNR before compensation/dB0.123.514.334.654.71
      SNR after compensation/dB0.124.714.714.714.74
      Gain of SNR/dB01.210.390.070.03
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    Yikang Zhang, Xiaolin Sui, Bo Liu, Ziyan Wu, Bo Mei, Bo Wang. Optoelectronic dual down-conversion technology in laser coherent radar[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(11): 20230172

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    Received: Mar. 29, 2023

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    Published Online: Jan. 8, 2024

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20230172

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