[IEEE 2018 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP) - Toulouse (2018.10.22-2018.10.25)] 2018 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP) - All Photonic Radar System based on Laser Frequency Sweeping and Leaky-Wave Antennas

摘要： In this paper, we report on a novel all photonic FMCW radar system for detection and localization of multiple objects. This functionality is achieved by utilizing the self-sweeping of tunable external cavity lasers (ECLs) in combination with optical heterodyning for generating a millimeter-wave FMCW radar signal. In order to also localize the objects, frequency scanning mm-wave leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) are used. The LWAs enable beam steering via the FMCW signal for estimating the direction of arrival (DoA) of the radar echos. Overall, this approach yields very compact all photonic radar systems that do not require electrical oscillators or optical modulators. In addition, thanks to the LWAs, multiple objects can be localized within a single sweep and without any clock or control signals. Experimentally, the performance of a developed all photonic 60 GHz radar with a 10 GHz bandwidth is demonstrated for multiple object detection and localization. It is shown that the developed radar provides a range and DoA angle estimation error of <1 cm and ~3°, respectively. This is achieved without using any dedicated radar signal post-processing algorithms.