Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 3, 030605(2013)

Photonic angle-of-arrival and time-dif ference-of-arrival measurement based on dual drive 1 \times 2 MZM

Yi Ni, Xuan Kong, Ruixin Wang, Yitang Dai, and Kun Xu

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a photonic approach to estimate the time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) and the angle-of-arrival (AOA) of a microwave signal. TDOA and AOA are estimated from the carrier power difference of the two outputs of the Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) using only one dual-drive 1 \times 2 MZM. Experimentally, the TDOA of a microwave signal at 3 GHz from 27.78 to 166.67 ps is measured with maximum measurement errors of +(-) 2.24 ps; correspondingly, the AOA from 60o to 85.2o is measured with maximum measurement errors of +(-)0.4o.

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Yi Ni, Xuan Kong, Ruixin Wang, Yitang Dai, Kun Xu. Photonic angle-of-arrival and time-dif ference-of-arrival measurement based on dual drive 1 \times 2 MZM[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(3): 030605

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Received: Nov. 15, 2012

Accepted: Dec. 20, 2012

Published Online: Feb. 28, 2013

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DOI:10.3788/col201311.030605

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