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A low-noise photonic heterodyne synthesizer and its application to millimeter-wave radar.

ABSTRACT: Microwave photonics offers transformative capabilities for ultra-wideband electronic signal processing and frequency synthesis with record-low phase noise levels. Despite the intrinsic bandwidth of optical systems operating at ~200 THz carrier frequencies, many schemes for high-performance photonics-based microwave generation lack broadband tunability, and experience tradeoffs between noise level, complexity, and frequency. An alternative approach uses direct frequency down-mixing of two tunable semiconductor lasers on a fast photodiode. This form of optical heterodyning is frequency-agile, but experimental realizations have been hindered by the relatively high noise of free-running lasers. Here, we demonstrate a heterodyne synthesizer based on ultralow-noise self-injection-locked lasers, enabling highly-coherent, photonics-based microwave and millimeter-wave generation. Continuously-tunable operation is realized from 1-104 GHz, with constant phase noise of -109 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset from carrier. To explore its practical utility, we leverage this photonic source as the local oscillator within a 95-GHz frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar. Through field testing, we observe dramatic reduction in phase-noise-related Doppler and ranging artifacts as compared to the radar's existing electronic synthesizer. These results establish strong potential for coherent heterodyne millimeter-wave generation, opening the door to a variety of future applications including high-dynamic range remote sensing, wideband wireless communications, and THz spectroscopy.

SUBMITTER: Kittlaus EA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8292534 | biostudies-literature |

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