Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 13, 1311001(2022)

Analysis of Signal Energy and Noise in Photonic Integrated Interferometric Imaging System

Ziran Zhang, Lü Guomian, Huajun Feng, Zhihai Xu, Qi Li, Hao Zhou, and Yueting Chen*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang , China
  • show less

    Photonic integrated interferometric imaging is an emerging imaging technology. It uses photonic integrated circuits to obtain the Fourier spectrum of the target. At present, energy loss and noise interference are the key factors restricting the development of this technology. To analyze their impact on photonic integrated interferometric imaging systems, this paper studies the relationship between the baseline length and the interference signal energy and the effect of noise on imaging quality. The results show that the energy of the output signal is at the nanowatt level. The amplitude and visibility of the interference signal decay sharply as the baseline length increases. The amplitude of the interference signal under the long baseline is extremely small. In the case of insufficient detector accuracy, the visibility of the interference signal cannot be obtained. Overall, the photonic integrated interferometric imaging systems are suitable for collecting low-frequency signals of the target. In addition, the noise controlled at 10-3 of the interference signal strength and the phase error controlled at 1/40λ will not greatly affect the imaging result.

    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    Ziran Zhang, Lü Guomian, Huajun Feng, Zhihai Xu, Qi Li, Hao Zhou, Yueting Chen. Analysis of Signal Energy and Noise in Photonic Integrated Interferometric Imaging System[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(13): 1311001

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Dec. 9, 2021

    Accepted: Jan. 13, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 15, 2022

    The Author Email: Chen Yueting (chenyt@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.1311001

    Topics