W-Band Photonic Receiver for Compact Cloud Radars
We introduce an RF-photonics receiver concept enabling the next generation of ultra-compact millimeter wave radars suitable for cloud and precipitation profiling, planetary boundary layer observations, altimetry and surface scattering measurements. The RF-photonics receiver architecture offers some...
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| author | Dmitry Strekalov Ninoslav Majurec Andrey Matsko Vladimir Ilchenko Simone Tanelli Razi Ahmed |
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| description | We introduce an RF-photonics receiver concept enabling the next generation of ultra-compact millimeter wave radars suitable for cloud and precipitation profiling, planetary boundary layer observations, altimetry and surface scattering measurements. The RF-photonics receiver architecture offers some compelling advantages over traditional electronic implementations, including a reduced number of components and interfaces, leading to reduced size, weight and power (SWaP), as well as lower system noise, leading to improved sensitivity. Low instrument SWaP with increased sensitivity makes this approach particularly attractive for compact space-borne radars. We study the photonic receiver front-end both analytically and numerically and predict the feasibility of the greater than unity photonic gain and lower than ambient effective noise temperature of the device. The receiver design is optimized for W-band (94 GHz) radars, which are generally assessed to be the primary means for observing clouds in the free troposphere as well as planetary boundary layer from space. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65bf5e09ebef458c88c46dc5cf8cb0932023-11-23T17:45:39ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-01-0122380410.3390/s22030804W-Band Photonic Receiver for Compact Cloud RadarsDmitry Strekalov0Ninoslav Majurec1Andrey Matsko2Vladimir Ilchenko3Simone Tanelli4Razi Ahmed5Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 298-100, Pasadena, CA 91109, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 298-100, Pasadena, CA 91109, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 298-100, Pasadena, CA 91109, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 298-100, Pasadena, CA 91109, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 298-100, Pasadena, CA 91109, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 298-100, Pasadena, CA 91109, USAWe introduce an RF-photonics receiver concept enabling the next generation of ultra-compact millimeter wave radars suitable for cloud and precipitation profiling, planetary boundary layer observations, altimetry and surface scattering measurements. The RF-photonics receiver architecture offers some compelling advantages over traditional electronic implementations, including a reduced number of components and interfaces, leading to reduced size, weight and power (SWaP), as well as lower system noise, leading to improved sensitivity. Low instrument SWaP with increased sensitivity makes this approach particularly attractive for compact space-borne radars. We study the photonic receiver front-end both analytically and numerically and predict the feasibility of the greater than unity photonic gain and lower than ambient effective noise temperature of the device. The receiver design is optimized for W-band (94 GHz) radars, which are generally assessed to be the primary means for observing clouds in the free troposphere as well as planetary boundary layer from space.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/3/804RF-photonic receiverwhispering gallery resonatormicrowave up-conversioncloud remote sensing |
| spellingShingle | Dmitry Strekalov Ninoslav Majurec Andrey Matsko Vladimir Ilchenko Simone Tanelli Razi Ahmed W-Band Photonic Receiver for Compact Cloud Radars Sensors RF-photonic receiver whispering gallery resonator microwave up-conversion cloud remote sensing |
| title | W-Band Photonic Receiver for Compact Cloud Radars |
| title_full | W-Band Photonic Receiver for Compact Cloud Radars |
| title_fullStr | W-Band Photonic Receiver for Compact Cloud Radars |
| title_full_unstemmed | W-Band Photonic Receiver for Compact Cloud Radars |
| title_short | W-Band Photonic Receiver for Compact Cloud Radars |
| title_sort | w band photonic receiver for compact cloud radars |
| topic | RF-photonic receiver whispering gallery resonator microwave up-conversion cloud remote sensing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/3/804 |
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