Abstract
A novel approach to realize photonic compressive sensing (CS) with a multi-tap microwave photonic filter is proposed and demonstrated. The system takes both advantages of CS and photonics to capture wideband sparse signals with sub-Nyquist sampling rate. The low-pass filtering function required in the CS is realized in a photonic way by using a frequency comb and a dispersive element. The frequency comb is realized by shaping an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source with an on-chip micro-ring resonator, which is beneficial to the integration of photonic CS. A proof-of-concept experiment for a two-tone signal acquisition with frequencies of 350. MHz and 1.25. GHz is experimentally demonstrated with a compression factor up to 16.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Optics Communications |
Volume | 373 |
Pages (from-to) | 65–69 |
ISSN | 0030-4018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Compressive sensing
- Microwave photonic filter
- Photonic analog-to-digital converter
- Sparse signals
- Analog to digital conversion
- Bandpass filters
- Compressed sensing
- Low pass filters
- Microwave resonators
- Optical resonators
- Resonators
- Signal processing
- Signal reconstruction
- Amplified spontaneous emission source
- Dispersive elements
- Microring resonator
- Microwave photonic filters
- Sub-Nyquist sampling
- Microwave filters