All-dielectric photonic-assisted wireless receiver.
High Power Microwave (HPM) weapons and other sources of intense microwave power pose a growing threat to modern RF receivers. To address this problem, all-dielectric photonic-assisted receivers have been proposed and demonstrated. Here, we describe a new configuration of this type with 15 dB better sensitivity over prior designs. The complete lack of metal and electronics in the front-end offers immunity against damage from intense electromagnetic radiation. In this experiment, detection of C band electromagnetic signal at 6.54 GHz with a sensitivity of -112 dBm/Hz is demonstrated.
Ayazi
Ali
A
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90095-1594, USA.
Hsu
Rick C J
RC
Houshmand
Bijan
B
Steier
William H
WH
Jalali
Bahram
B
D003142:Communication; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods