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Fiber-Optic Recirculating Memory Loop for Wideband Microwave Signal

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A fiber-optic recirculating delay line for wideband microwave signals is described. The core of delay line is an analogue wideband fiber-optic link, with two radio frequency switches at input and output of fiber-optic link. The link itself is intensity modulated direct detection type one with an integrated-optical Mach-Zehnder modulator. The delay medium is single mode fiber; its length determines the minimum delay time – time discrete. Switches control allows to realize recirculation throw an analogue wideband fiber-optic link. So, the total time delay is controlled in steps: multiples of the time discrete. In recirculation loop a back arm is radio frequency path, so in this arm we use additional radio frequency amplifier to adjust recirculation loop gain close to 1. We pay attention to adjusting recirculation loop gain – theoretically and in experiments in lab setup. We exam coupling between maximum number of recirculation and recirculation loop gain, and also influence of gain unflatness across frequency bandwidth. Lab setup has instantaneous bandwidth 0.5…14 GHz, limited by used radio frequency switches. Two fibers with length approx. 25 m and 100 m were used in lab setup. Time control for switches was from FPGA based time control unit with time discrete 2 ns. The number of recirculation in the memory loop varied from 1 to 30.

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Ivanov, S.I., Lavrov, A.P., Kondakov, D.V., Matveev, Y.A. (2022). Fiber-Optic Recirculating Memory Loop for Wideband Microwave Signal. In: Koucheryavy, Y., Balandin, S., Andreev, S. (eds) Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networks and Systems. NEW2AN ruSMART 2021 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13158. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97777-1_22

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