Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 52, Issue 7, 71205(2015)

Wide Range Doppler Frequency Shift Measurement Based on Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator

Zhang Hualin*, Chen Fuchang, and Yu Chaoqun
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    Doppler frequency shift measurement is widely used in electronic warfare and radar system. Measurement in electric domain suffers from narrow range and weak electro-magnetic interference resistance. This paper proposes and experimentally demonstrates an optics-assisted Doppler frequency shift measurement approach, which employs dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator for double sideband carrier modulation, band pass filtering and low-frequency photoelectric conversion in optical domain, then analyses the low-frequency spectrum in electric domain, showing an effectively solution to the disadvantages of measurement in electric domain. Experimental results shows a measurement at 7~40 GHz microwave/millimeter wave of 1 kHz~10 MHz Doppler frequency shift with measurement error of ±46 Hz.

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    Zhang Hualin, Chen Fuchang, Yu Chaoqun. Wide Range Doppler Frequency Shift Measurement Based on Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2015, 52(7): 71205

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

    Received: Jan. 14, 2015

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 29, 2015

    The Author Email: Hualin Zhang (ZHL-5858@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/lop52.071205

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