The photonic frequency-interleaving(PFI)technique has shown great potential for broadband signal acquisition,effectively overcoming the challenges of clock jitter and channel mismatch in the conventional time-interlea...The photonic frequency-interleaving(PFI)technique has shown great potential for broadband signal acquisition,effectively overcoming the challenges of clock jitter and channel mismatch in the conventional time-interleaving paradigm.However,current comb-based PFI schemes have complex system architectures and face challenges in achieving large bandwidth,dense channelization,and flexible reconfigurability simultaneously,which impedes practical applications.In this work,we propose and demonstrate a broadband PFI scheme with high reconfigurability and scalability by exploiting multiple free-running lasers for dense spectral slicing with high crosstalk suppression.A dedicated system model is developed through a comprehensive analysis of the system non-idealities,and a cross-channel signal reconstruction algorithm is developed for distortion-free signal reconstruction,based on precise calibrations of intra-and inter-channel impairments.The system performance is validated through the reception of multi-format broadband signals,both digital and analog,with a detailed evaluation of signal reconstruction quality,achieving inter-channel phase differences of less than 2°.The reconfigurability and scalability of the scheme are demonstrated through a dual-band radar imaging experiment and a three-channel interleaving implementation with a maximum acquisition bandwidth of 4 GHz.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first demonstration of a practical radio-frequency(RF)application enabled by PFI.Our work provides an innovative solution for next-generation software-defined broadband RF receivers.展开更多
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFB2800800)National Key Laboratory Program(E13D01012F)+4 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(62104232,62327806,61988102)Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(ZDBS-LYJSC016)Guangdong Province Key Field RD Program Project(2020B0101110002)Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(2019B090909011)Program of GBA Branch of AIRCAS(E0Z2D10600)。
文摘The photonic frequency-interleaving(PFI)technique has shown great potential for broadband signal acquisition,effectively overcoming the challenges of clock jitter and channel mismatch in the conventional time-interleaving paradigm.However,current comb-based PFI schemes have complex system architectures and face challenges in achieving large bandwidth,dense channelization,and flexible reconfigurability simultaneously,which impedes practical applications.In this work,we propose and demonstrate a broadband PFI scheme with high reconfigurability and scalability by exploiting multiple free-running lasers for dense spectral slicing with high crosstalk suppression.A dedicated system model is developed through a comprehensive analysis of the system non-idealities,and a cross-channel signal reconstruction algorithm is developed for distortion-free signal reconstruction,based on precise calibrations of intra-and inter-channel impairments.The system performance is validated through the reception of multi-format broadband signals,both digital and analog,with a detailed evaluation of signal reconstruction quality,achieving inter-channel phase differences of less than 2°.The reconfigurability and scalability of the scheme are demonstrated through a dual-band radar imaging experiment and a three-channel interleaving implementation with a maximum acquisition bandwidth of 4 GHz.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first demonstration of a practical radio-frequency(RF)application enabled by PFI.Our work provides an innovative solution for next-generation software-defined broadband RF receivers.
