Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation'

Carrierless amplitude and phase (CAP) modulation is generally regarded as a bandwidth efficient two-dimensional (2-D) passband line code. It is closely related to the pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) schemes. CAP has been proposed for various digital subscriber loop (DSL) systems over unshielded twisted pairs of copper wires. In this thesis, our main focus is on the minimum mean-square error (MMSE) performance of the ideal (i.e., infinite length) linear and non-linear (decision feedback) CAP receivers/equalisers in the presence of additive, coloured Gaussian noise, and/or data-like cross-talks. An in-depth analysis is given on the performance of both receiver structures. In the case of the linear receiver, one possible view of the overall CAP transceiver system which includes both data and cross-talk transmission paths is that it is a linear multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. Accordingly, the existing MMSE results for a general MIMO system are applicable also to CAP systems. However, up to date, this approach was shown to be unsuccessful in the sense that the derived MMSE expressions are too complex and offer little insights. In our analysis, in order to find a more incisive MMSE expression, we reconsider the problem of minimisation of the MSEs at slicers. By exploiting the Hilbert transform pair relationship between the impulse responses of the inphase and quadrature transmit shaping filters, we are able to obtain an elegant and more meaningful MMSE expression, as well as the corresponding transfer functions of the optimum linear receive filters. In the case of the nonlinear, or decision feedback equaliser (DFE), receiver, we start our analysis with the receiver structure of a generic multidimensional (>/= 3) CAP-type system.
This receiver consists of a bank of analog receive filters, the number of which equals the dimension of the CAP line code, and a matrix of cross-connected, infinite-length, baud-spaced feedback filters. It is shown that the optimum filters and the corresponding MMSE of the DFE receiver require the factorisation of a discrete-time channel spectral matrix. This mathematically intractable step can be avoided, however, when the DFE results are specialised to a standard 2-D CAP system where we are able to again exploit the Hilbert transform pair relationship to derive a further and more useful MMSE expression. Three sets of numerical studies are given on the MMSE performance of the CAP receivers. In the first set of studies. we model the sum of all crosstalks as an additive, Gaussian noise source and select three test transmission channels over which we compare the MMSE performance of the linear and DFE receiver structures. In the second set of studies, we compare the performance of the two receiver structures, but in a data-like cross-talk environment. The results demonstrate the importance of NEXT equalisation in the design of CAP receivers operating in a NEXT dominant environment. In the final set of studies which follows from the second set of studies, we investigate the relationship between the MMSE performance of the DFE receiver and system parameters which include excess bandwidth, data rate, CAP scheme. and relative phase between the received signal and the NEXT signal. The results show that data-like cross-talks can be effectively suppressed by using a large excess bandwidth (alpha > 1 in the case of a RC transmit shaping filter) alone.
The relative phase also affect; the receiver performance. but to a lesser degree. In addition to the MMSE performance analysis. implementation issues of an adaptive linear CAP receiver are also considered. We propose a novel linear receiver by appending two fixed analog filters to the front-end of the existing adaptive linear receiver using fractionally-spaced equalisers (FSE). We show that if the analog filters are matched to the transmit shaping filters, then inphase and quadrature finite-length FSEs in the proposed receiver have the same NINISE solution. We further propose a modified least-mean-square (LMS) algorithm which takes advantage of this feature. The convergence analysis of the proposed LMS algorithm is also given. We show that the modified LMS algorithm converges approximately twice as fast as the standard LMS algorithm, given the same misadjustment, or alternatively, it halves the misadjustment, given the same initial convergence rate.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 22-25, 2001 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
This paper introduces new telemetry (communications) equipment based on Digital Subscriber Loop DSL technology (high speed transmission over copper cables) for defense and industrial applications. A brief xDSL technology overview is followed with introduction of the new ‘P3’ product and its application, reviewing advantages of using copper as a communications medium whenever rapidly deployed data and voice links are essential. An Australian Army report, detailing a specific equipment deployment’s findings is reproduced as an independent reference material.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 23-26, 2000 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California
This paper introduces new telemetry equipment based on Digital Subscriber Loop DSL technology (high speed transmission over copper cables) for military and industrial applications. A brief xDSL technology overview is followed with introduction of the new ‘P3’ product. A number of new applications for remote data transmission are presented and further highlighted in the Australian Army report detailing their recent equipment operational deployments.

De nos jours, le nombre d'appareils connectés nécessitant un accès aux données mobiles est en augmentation constante. L'arrivée d'encore plus d'ojects multimédias connectés et la demande croissante d'informations par appareil ont mis en évidence les limites de la quatrième génération de réseaux cellulaires (4G). Cela a poussé au développement de nouvelles méthodes, dont la 5G. L'objectif est d'être en mesure de prendre en charge la croissance des systèmes portables, des capteurs ou des sysèmes associés à l'internet des objets (IoT). La vision derrière la 5G est de permettre une société entièrement mobile et connectée avec une expérience consistente.Les petites cellules sont la base des normes de communication avancées telles que 4G et maintenant 5G. Ils résultent de l’utilisation de bandes de fréquences plus élevées pour l’accès radiofréquences (RF) afin de supporter de nouvelles normes et exigences croissantes en bande passante. La 5G utilise des ondes millimétriques et nécessite un déploiement dans un environnement urbain intérieur et urbain dense, ce qui peut s'avérer être un défi. C’est là que la 5G devra inclure des solutions de réseau hybrides et pouvoir coexister avec d’autres technologies d’accès sans fil. La communication par lumière visible (VLC) s’inscrit dans ce moule puisque la lumière visible correspond à la bande comprise entre 400 et 800 THz. Le spectre disponible est des milliers de fois plus large que le spectre RF et il n’interfère pas avec celui-ci. Le principe se base sur la combinaison de l'éclairage avec un lien de communication pouvant atteindre des dizaines de gigabits par seconde. Le potentiel est d’offrir un complément à la 5G dans un réseau hybride, offrant une vitesse élevée, aucune interférence et une sécurité accrue au prix d’une couverture limitée et d’une faible maturité technologique.L’objectif de cette thèse est donc de proposer et d’évaluer une implémentation expérimentale d’un système VLC en intérieur et multi-utilisateurs afin de répondre aux objectifs de la configuration light-fidelity (Li-Fi) dans le contexte d’une petite cellule. La première étape de cette étude est un état de l'art détaillé sur le principe de VLC dans la communication sans fil en intérieur et de l’accès multi-utilisateur. Cela permet de mieux expliquer le concept de notre désign et de comparer notre approche aux travaux existants. La deuxième étape consiste en une analyse des principes et des hypothèses pour le système VLC multi-utilisateurs en intérieur portant à la fois sur la technique de modulation et sur les schémas d’accès multi-utilisateurs. Les conclusions tirées des analyses théoriques et numériques servent de base pour la suite du travail. La troisième étape consiste en plusieurs analyses expérimentales sur l'optimisation des performances de diffusion pour un utilisateur unique, puis sur les performances multi-utilisateurs du système à l'aide de divers schémas d'accès. Le débit total avec une LED blanche commerciale atteint 163 Mb/s avec un taux d'erreur réduit d'un facteur de 3,55 grâce au processus d'optimisation des performances. Cette technique a l'avantage d'augmenter la flexibilité pour un scénario avec plusieurs utilisateurs sans augmenter la complexité car seuls les paramètres des filtres de modulation sont altérés. La taille de la cellule obtenue est de 4.56 m² à une distance de 2,15 mètres du transmetteur. Le capacité peut atteindre jusqu'à 40 utilisateurs, ou 40.62 Mb/s dans un scénario à 4 utilisateurs. Il est donc démontré que le système proposé pourrait fonctionner comme une cellule à une distance réaliste, avec un débit de données élevé et la capacité de répondre aux besoins d’un grand nombre d’utilisateurs tout en limitant les coûts de mise en œuvre
Nowadays, the number of connected devices requiring access to mobile data is considerably increasing. The arrival of even more connected multimedia objects and the growing demand for more information per device highlighted the limits of the fourth generation of broadband cellular networks (4G). This pushed for the development of new methods, one of which is 5G. The goal is to be able to support the growth of wearable, sensors, or related internet-of-object (IoT) systems. The vision behind 5G is to enable a fully mobile and connected society with a consistent experience. In consequence, there is a fundamental need to achieve a seamless and consistent user experience across time and space.Small cells are the basis of advanced communications standards such as 4G and now, 5G. They exist as a result of using higher frequency bands for RF access in order to support new standards and the increasing demands in bandwidth. 5G use millimeter waves and requires a deployment across indoor and dense urban environment which may prove to be a challenge. This is where 5G will need to include hybrid networking solutions and be able to coexist with other wireless access technologies. Visible light communication (VLC) fits into that mold since visible light corresponds to the band between 400 and 800 THz. The available spectrum is multiple thousand times the size of the RF spectrum and it does not interfere with it. The technique combines illumination with communication at possibly tens of gigabits per second. It has the potential to offer a synergistic pairing with 5G in a hybrid network, offering high speed, no interferences, and more security at the cost of limited coverage and low technological maturity.The goal of this thesis is thus to propose and evaluate an experimental implementation of an indoor multi-user VLC system in order to answer the objectives of Li-Fi setup in the context of a small cell. The first step of this study is a detailed state-of-the-art on VLC in indoor wireless communication and multi-user access. It allows the design of our work to be better explained and to compare our approach with existing works. The second step is an analysis of the principles and hypothesis supporting the indoor multi-user VLC system in the study both on the modulation technique and the multi-user access schemes. The conclusions drawn from theoretical and numerical analysis are used as a basis for the rest of the work. The third step is the experimental setup investigations on the single-user broadcast performances optimization and then on the multi-user performances of the system using various schemes. The total throughput using an off-the-shelf white LED reaches 163 Mb/s with a bit-error rate decreased by a factor of 3.55 thanks to the performance optimization process. This technique has the advantage of increasing the flexibility for a multi-access scenario while not augmenting the complexity as it only optimizes the modulation filter parameters. The multi-user access is obtained for a cell size of 4.56 m² at a distance of 2.15 meter away from the transmitter. The user capacity can reach up to 40 users, or 40.62 Mb/s in a 4-user scenario. It is thus demonstrated that the proposed system could function as a cell at a realistic range, with high data rate and the ability to provide for a large amount of users while limiting the cost of implementation

Les communications optiques dans le spectre visible (VLC pour Visible-Light Communications) ont attiré une attention particulière depuis quelques années en tant qu'une solution prometteuse pour les réseaux sans fil à très haut-débit dans les milieux intra-bâtiment. Ainsi, cette technique exploite l'infrastructure d’éclairage basée sur les diodes électroluminescentes (LED) pour la transmission de l'information. Pour cette raison, elle offre de nombreux avantages, comparée aux techniques « classiques » basées sur les transmissions radiofréquences (RF), tels que l'existence d'une grande largeur de bande non réglementée, une sécurité de transmission intrinsèque et une immunité aux interférences électromagnétiques.Les principales contraintes liées à l'établissement d'une transmission VLC à très haut-débit dans ce contexte sont la propagation en trajets multiples et les caractéristiques non-idéales des LEDs commerciales, dites « blanches ». L'objectif de cette thèse est d'étudier l'impact réel de ces contraintes sur la transmission des données et de proposer des solutions efficaces de traitement du signal pour atténuer leurs effets. Nous commençons par étudier la réponse impulsionnelle du canal VLC grâce à l'élaboration d'un outil de simulation efficace. Nous évaluons ensuite la sélectivité en fréquence du canal de propagation en considérant différents critères, tels que la réponse fréquentielle, l'étalement temporelle du canal et le rapport signal à interférences. Dans un deuxième temps, compte tenu de la possibilité de la sélectivité en fréquence du canal et aussi la limitation de la bande passante des LEDs, nous étudions la pertinence de l'emploi de différentes techniques de transmission de signaux, notamment celle de l'OFDM optique (pour Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing) afin de garantir des débits de transmission compétitifs avec la RF. Etant donné le facteur de crête ou PAPR (pour Peak-to-Average Power Ratio) élevé des signaux modulés en OFDM et la dynamique limitée des LEDs, nous proposons ensuite un nouveau schéma de transmission basé sur la modulation CAP (pour Carrier-less Amplitude and Phase) en plus de l'égalisation dans le domaine fréquentiel (FDE pour Frequency-Domain Equalization) au niveau du récepteur. Nous analysons les performances des liaisons VLC utilisant cette technique et les comparons à l'OFDM optique, en prenant particulièrement en compte la non-linéarité des LEDs. Enfin, nous démontrons l'intérêt de l'utilisation du schéma de transmission CAP-FDE à travers des résultats expérimentaux
Visible Light Communications (VLC) have attracted particular attention in the research community since a few years as a promising solution for high-speed indoor wireless networks. By exploiting the existing solid-state light-emitting diode (LED) lighting infrastructure, VLC offer numerous advantages such as a large unlicensed bandwidth, transmission security, and immunity to electro-magnetic interference compared to their radiofrequency counterparts. Within the context of indoor VLC, the multipath propagation channel and the non-ideal characteristics of the commercial white LEDs cause the main limitations for achieving high data-rate transmission. The objective of this thesis is to investigate the true impact of these limitations on the data transmission and to propose efficient signal processing solutions to mitigate their adverse effects. We start by the study of the indoor VLC channel impulse response by developing an efficient simulation tool. We then consider evaluating the channel frequency selectivity through different metrics. Next, given the potentially frequency-selective channel and the limited modulation bandwidth of the LEDs, we investigate the suitability of employing different signal transmission techniques including optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (O-OFDM) in order to achieve high data-rate transmission. Given the high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of O-OFDM signals and the limited dynamic range of the LEDs, we then propose a novel transmission scheme, which consists of using carrier-less amplitude and phase (CAP) modulation together with frequency domain equalization (FDE) at the receiver. We analyze the performance of the VLC link using this technique and compare it with the O-OFDM schemes, especially by taking the non-linear characteristics of the LED into account. Lastly, we demonstrate the merits of using the CAP-FDE transmission scheme via some experimental results

Amplitude and phase modulated optical OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) are analyzed in a 50GBit/s single channel and 40GBit/s 5 channel 512 subcarrier non-ideal dispersion-compensated fiber optic communication systems. PM-OFDM is investigated as an alternative to AM-OFDM to alleviate the problem associated with amplitude-modulated signals in a nonlinear medium. The inherent dispersion compensation capability in OFDM (using a cyclic prefix) allows transmission over a link whose dispersion map is not exactly known. OFDM also mitigates the effects of dispersion slope in wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) systems. Moreover, the overall dispersion throughout the transmission link may vary due to environmental effects and aging. OFDM is inherently tolerant to over- or under-compensation and dispersion slope mismatch. OFDM transmission over dispersive, non-dispersion managed fiber links using OFDM requires an overhead in excess of the maximum accumulated dispersion. Existing WDM systems usually employ periodic dispersion management. OFDM in these systems requires a smaller overhead. It is, however, more susceptible to nonlinearity due to the coherent beating of subcarriers after each dispersion-compensated span. The large variation in intensity associated with amplitude-modulated OFDM makes this modulation format more susceptible to nonlinear effects in fiber compared to phase-modulated signals. This holds true unless dispersion and EDFA noise lead to amplitude variations strong enough for PM-OFDM to be degraded by nonlinear effects as well. In conclusion OFDM is beneficial for non-ideal dispersion managed systems. PM-OFDM can further improve the performance.
M.S.
Optics and Photonics
Optics and Photonics
Optics MS

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2012.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-95).
New techniques for improving outphasing transmitters show potential of breaking the traditional linearity-efficiency trade-off by using highly efficient non-linear switching Power Amplifiers (PAs). This work focuses on two of the main building blocks of modem outphasing systems, the power supply switching network and the phase modulator. Both are ubiquitous building blocks in modern RF transceivers, and both are especially critical in Asymmetric Multilevel Outphasing (AMO) systems. A design of the power supply network and control scheme is proposed for an implementation in mm-wave operating frequencies as part of a complete transmitter in 45nm SOI CMOS utilizing four discrete power supplies and achieving data rates of up to 4GS/s. The design includes analysis and simulation of the control signal data path requirements for optimal system operation as well as switch optimization and effects of the driving strength on overall system performance. A new design concept is proposed for a phase modulator utilizing the phase shifthing capabilities of a resonant tank and the ability to seperately control the circuit properties via its components. A prototype in 65nm CMOS achieves 12 bits of resolution, with an Effective Number Of Bits (ENOB) of 10.2 bits and very fast settling time of less than 5 carrier cycles. The chip is also tested as a stand alone transmitter showing an EVM of less than 5% for 8-PSK modulation at maximum data rate, meeting the requirements for operation at the Medical Implant Communication Services (MICS) band.
by Gilad Yahalom.
S.M.

The full complex, spatial modulation of light at high frame rates is essential for a variety of applications. In particular, emerging techniques applied to scattering media, such as Digital Optical Phase Conjugation and Wavefront Shaping, request challenging performance parameters. They refer to imaging tasks inside biological media, whose characteristics concerning the transmission and reflection of scattered light may change over time within milliseconds. Thus, these methods call for frame rates in the kilohertz range. Existing solutions typically offer frame rate capabilities below 100 Hz, since they rely on liquid crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs). We propose a diffractive MEMS optical system for this application range. It relies on an analog, tilt-type micro mirror array (MMA) based on an established SLM technology, where the standard application is grayscale amplitude control. The new MMA system design allows the phase manipulation at high-speed as well. The article studies properties of the appropriate optical setup by simulating the propagation of the light. Relevant test patterns and sensitivity parameters of the system will be analyzed. Our results illustrate the main opportunities of the concept with particular focus on the tilt mirror technology. They indicate a promising path to realize the complex light modulation at frame rates above 1 kHz and resolutions well beyond 10,000 complex pixels.

A fast measurement technique based on the modulation phase-shift technique is developed to measure the wavelength-dependent magnitude and phase responses of optical devices. The measured phase response is in the form of group delay, which is used to determine the chromatic dispersion in the device under test by taking the derivative of the group delay with respect to optical wavelength. The measurement setup allows both step-tunable and sweeping laser sources. A modulation frequency of up to 2.7 GHz is accommodated. An alternate method for the phase measurement that overcomes non-linearities in the measurement setup is also presented. The speed of the measurement setup is limited by the sweeping speed of the laser source, which for the Agilent 81682A is 40 nm/sec. The magnitude accuracy is determined by taking a comparison to the commercially available Micron Finisar measurement system, where an error of 0.125 dB is noted. The phase accuracy of the measurement setup is tested by taking the Hilbert transform of the measured magnitude response of an Acetylene gas cell and comparing it to the integral of the measured group delay. The average deviation between the two methods is 0.1 radians. An Acetylene gas cell, fiber Bragg grating, and chirped Bragg grating are tested with the measurement setup and the Agilent 8168The characterization of the setup leads to the conclusion that the measurement setup developed in this paper is fast and accurate. The speed of the technique is on the order of microseconds for a single measurement and excels beyond the speed of the standard modulation phase-shift technique, which includes measurement times on the order of minutes. The accuracy of the technique is within 0.125 dB for magnitude measurements and 0.1 radians for phase measurements when compared to commercially available measurement systems.2A laser source at 40 nm/sec and the measurement plots are presented.

Le LETI possède un savoir-faire permettant de réaliser des micro modulateurs spatiaux de lumière (Spatial Light Modulators, SLMs) réalisés en technologie microélectronique sur silicium, ayant des très grandes résolutions et de très petits pas de pixels. Le LETI souhaite utiliser une technologie LCD particulière (la technologie IPS) dont d’une part les performances électro-optiques dans le domaine des micro-écrans ne sont pas connues mais d’autre part permet de garder des coûts réduits et de réduire le nombre d’étapes de fabrication. L’objectif de cette thèse est d’évaluer sur la base de simulations puis de réalisations techniques, les performances d’un micro-SLM IPS utilisé en modulation de phase et d’amplitude.Les recherches effectuées au cours de cette thèse portent sur 4 axes d’études. Le premier axe consiste à la recherche et à l’essai d’un logiciel spécifique (LCDMaster) permettant de simuler des cellules à cristaux liquides ainsi que des électrodes flottantes. Le second axe consiste à étudier en fonction du design du pixel et des différents modes d’alignements des cristaux liquides (Homogène, vertical et twisté) avec un pilotage de type IPS, les performances en modulation de phase. Les meilleurs résultats sont obtenus pour un alignement vertical fournissant un déphasage de 2 Pi. De plus, les performances d’un dispositif d’optique adaptative intégrant le SLM étudié ont été investiguées. Le troisième axe d’étude, consiste avec le même logiciel à investiguer sur les performances d’un SLM à cristaux liquide avec un pilotage de type IPS utilisant un alignement homogène en modulation d’amplitude (étude statique et dynamique). Cette étude permet également d’étudier les possibilités de diminution du temps de réponse de la cellule. Cette étude a aboutie à deux designs de SLM. Le premier design avec deux niveaux d’électrodes séparés par un isolant permettant de reproduire un effet type « cage de faraday ». La seconde a permis de diminuer de manière drastique le temps de réponse. Le quatrième axe de recherche consiste à tester des prototypes basés sur ces deux designs pour vérifier les performances obtenues en simulation grâce à un banc de caractérisation électro-optique. Des résultats concordants ont étés obtenus et de nouveaux types de SLM à pilotage IPS proposant un temps de rafraichissement rapides se rapprochant de l’état de l’art ont donc pu être désignés et caractérisés
LETI possesses an expertise allowing to realize Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) made in microelectronic technology on silicon, having very high resolutions and very small pixel steps. LETI wishes to use a specific LCD technology (IPS technology), on the one hand the electro-optical performances in the field of micro-display had to be investigated but on the other hand allows to keep costs down and reduce the number of manufacturing steps. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate on the basis of simulations and technical achievements, the performance of a micro-SLM IPS used in phase modulation and amplitude.Our investigations have been carried out on four major areas of study. The first axis is the search and testing of a specific software (LCDMaster) to simulate liquid crystal cells and floating electrodes. The second axis according to different designs of pixel and the different liquid crystal alignment modes (Homogeneous, vertical and twisted) with an IPS type control, to investigate the performances in modulation phase. The best results were obtained for a vertical alignment providing a phase shift of 2π. In addition, the performance of an adaptive optics device integrating the studied SLM has been investigated. The third axis of study focused on the performance investigation of a liquid crystal SLM with an IPS-type control using a homogeneous alignment in amplitude modulation (static and dynamic study). This study also makes it possible to study the possibilities of reducing the response time of the cell. It resulted in two SLM designs. The first design with two levels of electrodes separated by an insulator to reproduce a Faraday type effect. The second has drastically reduced the response time. The fourth area of research consists in testing prototypes based on these two designs to validate the performances obtained in simulation. Concordant results have been obtained and new types of IPS-controlled SLMs with state-of-the-art refreshing times have thus been designated and characterized

Várias técnicas de cifragem óptica de imagens surgem a todo o momento devido à necessidade que se tem de transmitir informações de uma maneira segura e confiável. Nessas técnicas a informação é criptografada de tal modo que para conseguir recuperar a informação criptografada é necessário ter um conhecimento prévio da mesma chave que a criptografou, sendo esta chave única. Isto faz com que as técnicas sejam robustas. Estes processos de cifragem de imagem trabalham com a distribuição de fase obtida diretamente da imagem que se deseja criptografar e conseqüentemente a imagem decodificada também está em modulação de fase. Porém imagens em distribuição de fase não são visíveis ao olho humano. Para transformá-Ias em modulação de amplitude, a qual é visível ao olho humano, é utilizado o método de contraste de fase de Zernike. Propôs-se então um método para cifrar imagem binária apenas em modulação de amplitude. Após o processo de decodificação, a imagem obtida é reconhecida graças à capacidade do olho humano em discernir regiões contínuas de regiões aleatórias. Este método é de fácil implementação, podendo ser obtido utilizando apenas materiais de baixo custo como papéis, filmes plásticos, etc. Vários ataques foram realizados contra o processo de cifragem óptica de imagens utilizando máscara binária aleatória para analisar a robustez de tal processo. Este processo de cifragem não é robusto ao ataque do texto conhecido e ao ataque das cifras conhecidas.
Several optical encryption techniques have been developed due to the need to transmit information in a secure and reliable way. In these techniques the information is encrypted in a way that to recover the encrypted information is necessary to have a previous knowledge of the same mask that encrypted it, being this mask unique. Because of this, the techniques are robust. These image encryption methods work with the phase distribution obtained directly from the image that is intended to encrypt and consequently the decrypted image will also be in the phase modulation. But, images in a phase distribution are not visible for the human eyes. To transform them in an amplitude modulation, that is visible for the human eyes, it is used the Zernike phase contrast method. Then, it is proposed a method for encryption and decryption of information processed in a binary form in an amplitude modulation. After the decryption process, the image obtained is recognized because the human eyes are able to differentiate continuous, periodical regions to random pattern. This method has an easy implementation and it can be obtained using regular and inexpensive materials, like paper, plastic films, etc. Many attacks were realized against the proposed method to analyse if this method is robust. This method can not resist the known-plaintext attack and the known-ciphertext attack.

Doutoramento em Engenharia Electrotécnica
Over the years, the increased search and exchange of information lead to an increase of traffic intensity in todays optical communication networks. Coherent communications, using the amplitude and phase of the signal, reappears as one of the transmission techniques to increase the spectral efficiency and throughput of optical channels. In this context, this work present a study on format conversion of modulated signals using MZI-SOAs, based exclusively on all- optical techniques through wavelength conversion. This approach, when applied in interconnection nodes between optical networks with different bit rates and modulation formats, allow a better efficiency and scalability of the network. We start with an experimental characterization of the static and dynamic properties of the MZI-SOA. Then, we propose a semi-analytical model to describe the evolution of phase and amplitude at the output of the MZI-SOA. The model’s coefficients are obtained using a multi-objective genetic algorithm. We validate the model experimentally, by exploring the dependency of the optical signal with the operational parameters of the MZI-SOA. We also propose an all-optical technique for the conversion of amplitude modulation signals to a continuous phase modulation format. Finally, we study the potential of MZI-SOAs for the conversion of amplitude signals to QPSK and QAM signals. We show the dependency of the conversion process with the operational parameters deviation from the optimal values. The technique is experimentally validated for QPSK modulation.
Nos últimos anos, a crescente procura e troca de informação tem levado ao aumento de tráfego nas redes de comunicação óticas atuais. As comunicações coerentes, com recurso à amplitude e fase do sinal, ressurgem como uma das técnicas de transmissão capazes de aumentar a eficiência espectral e o rendimento dos canais óticos. Nesse âmbito, este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre a conversão de formatos de modulação de sinais, usando técnicas exclusivamente no domínio ótico, através de conversão de comprimento de onda, com base no MZI-SOA. Esta técnica, aplicada em nós óticos que interligam redes óticas com débitos binários distintos, permite uma maior escalabilidade e eficiência da rede. A tese começa por apresentar uma caracterização experimental detalhada das propriedades estáticas e dinâmicas do MZI-SOA. É depois proposto um modelo semi-analítico que descreve a evolução da amplitude e fase do sinal ótico à saída do MZI-SOA. Os coeficientes do modelo são obtidos recorrendo a um algoritmo genético multiobjectivo. O modelo é validado experimentalmente, explorando a dependência do sinal ótico com os parâmetros operacionais do MZI- SOA. Segue-se a proposta de uma técnica de conversão de formato de modulação de amplitude para modulação de fase contínua. Finalmente, é feito um estudo das potencialidades do MZI-SOA para conversão de formato de modulação de amplitude para modulação QPSK e QAM. Mostra-se a dependência da constelação do sinal com o desvio dos parâmetros operacionais, em torno do valor ótimo. A técnica é validada experimentalmente para modulação QPSK.

Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) as a viable modulation technique for an ultrasonic acoustic underwater modem. The underwater environment provides a challenging setting for acoustic communications. Long delay spreads due to multipath propagation, severe Doppler frequency shifts, frequency dependent absorption and very limited bandwidth are but some of the challenges to overcome. OFDM essentially provides the parallel transmission of symbols in the frequency domain by simultaneously modulating many closely spaced orthogonal subcarriers. The resulting long parallel symbol rate together with the cyclic extension of symbols render the signal robust against intersymbol interference (ISI) caused by multipath propagation. Intercarrier interference (ICI) between the overlapping frequency responses of subcarriers is mitigated by their property of orthogonality. Doppler spread contributes to the loss of orthogonality and can result in severe ICI. A method of measuring the Doppler shift by means of including a preamble and postamble symbol with each data frame is proposed. The detected frequency offset is corrected by resampling the frame at the desired sample rate. Not only do the ambles serve as a mechanism for timing and frequency synchronisation, but they are also applied in the channel estimation process. The equalisation of channel response is required for the coherent demodulation of the received symbols. An investigation into different phase shift keying (PSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) constellations reveal optimal arrangements for minimal symbol errors. The optimised QAM constellations do not lend themselves to Gray-coding, so that an efficient interleaving scheme is needed to mitigate the non-uniform distribution of bit errors among symbol errors. Forward error correction is provided via a Bose Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (BCH) block code. Variable code rates, together with the ability to switch between different constellations, enable the modem to perform so-called variable modulation in an attempt to maximise the throughput under specific channel conditions. The modulation/demodulation scheme is wholly defined in software as to provide flexibility and facilitate experimentation with different signal processing methods. The accompanying hardware platform allows for the transmission of a pre-generated signal and the recording of a received signal for off-line processing. The prototype design serves as a proof of concept and thus provides only simplex communication. Field tests over limited distances demonstrate the successful operation of the prototype modem. We conclude that OFDM is indeed a suitable modulation technique for acoustic underwater communication.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek die toepassing van ortogonale frekwensiedeling multipleksering (OFDM) as modulasie tegniek op ʼn onderwater kommunikasie modem. Die onderwater omgewing bied vele uitdagings vir akoestiese kommunikasie. Lang vertraging-verstrooiings as gevolg van multipad voortplanting, Doppler frekwensieskuif, frekwensieafhanklike absorpsie, en beperkte bandwydte is van die uitdagings wat oorkom moet word. In essensie bied OFDM die parallelle versending van ʼn aantal simbole deur die gelyktydige modulasie van verskeie nou-gespasieerde subdraers in die frekwensiegebied. Die gevolglike lang parallelle simboolperiodes, tesame met die sikliese uitbreiding van simbole, verleen immuniteit teen intersimbool steurnisse (ISI) wat ontstaan as gevolg van multipad voortplanting. Die ortogonaliteit van naburige draers in die frekwensiegebied beperk interdraer steuring (ICI) tussen hul oorvleuelende frekwensie weergawes. Doppler frekwensieskuif kan egter lei tot die verlies aan ortogonaliteit en bydra tot ernstige interdraer steurings. ʼn Metode wat gebruik maak van aanhef en slot simbole, ingesluit by elke raam, word voorgestel om die Dopplerskuif te meet. Die bepaalde frekwensieafset word gekorrigeer deur die monstertempo van die raam aan te pas na die verlangde tempo. Buiten die tyd- en frekwensie-sinkronisasie funksies van die aanhef en slot simbole, speel dit ook ʼn belangrike rol in die ontrekking van die frekwensie weergawe van die kanaal. Die effening van die kanaal se frekwensieweergawe is noodsaaklik vir die koherente demodulasie van die ontvangde simbole. ʼn Ondersoek na verskillende fase verskuif sleuteling (PSK) en kwadratuur amplitude modulasie (QAM) konstellasies het optimale rangskikkings opgelewer vir minimale simboolfoute. Hierdie optimale QAM konstellasies verleen hulself egter nie na Gray-kodering nie. ʼn Effektiewe invlegtegniek is nodig om die nie-uniforme verspreiding van bisfoute tussen simboolfoute te beperk. Fout korrigering funksionaliteit word gebied deur ʼn Bose Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (BCH) blokkode. Verstelbare koderingstempo’s en die vermoë om tussen verskillende konstellasies te skakel, stel die modem in staat om sogenaamde verstelbare modulasie te gebruik in ʼn poging om die data deurset te optimeer onder spesifieke kanaal kondisies. Die modulasie en demodulasie skema is volledig in sagteware gedefinieer. Dit verleen buigbaarheid en vergemaklik eksperimentering met verskeie seinverwerkingstegnieke. Die meegaande hardeware platvorm stel die modem in staat om vooraf opgewekte seine uit te saai en rou ontvangde siene op te neem vir na-tydse verwerking. Die prototipe ontwerp dien as ʼn konseptuele bewys en bied dus slegs simplekse kommunikasie. Die suksesvolle werking van die modem is gedemonstreer deur toetsing oor beperkte afstande. Hieruit word afgelei dat OFDM inderdaad geskik is vir akoestiese onderwater kommunikasie.

The increase in capacity demand along with the advancement in digital signal processing (DSP) have recently revived the interest in coherent optical communications and led to its commercialization. However, design and development of robust DSP algorithms for example for carrier phase recovery (CPR) becomes complex as we opt for high order modulation formats such as 16QAM and beyond. Further, electrical-domain dispersion compensation (EDC), while providing many advantages, makes the system more susceptible to laser frequency noise (FN). For instance, in coherent optical links with post-reception EDC, while the transmitter frequency noise causes only phase impairment, the local oscillator (LO) FN in these systems results in a noise enhancement in both amplitude and phase. This noise is commonly known as equalization enhanced phase noise (EEPN). It results in asymmetric requirements for transmitter laser and LO laser. Further, the system design in the presence of lasers with non-white frequency noise becomes increasingly challenging for increased capacity-distance product. The main contributions of this thesis are, firstly, an experimentally validated theory of coherent optical links with lasers having general non-white frequency noise spectrum and corresponding system/laser design criteria and mitigation technique. Secondly, low complexity and high phase noise tolerant CPR for high order modulation formats. The general theory propounded in this thesis elucidates the origin of the laser frequency noise induced noise enhancement in coherent optical links with different DSP configurations. The thesis establishes the existence of multiple frequency noise regimes and shows that each regime results in different set of impairments. The influence of the impairments due to some regimes can ideally be reduced by optimizing the corresponding mitigation algorithms, while other regimes cause irretrievable impairments. Experimentally validated theoretical boundaries of these regimes and corresponding criteria applicable to system/laser design are provided. Further, an EEPN mitigation method and its two possible implementations are proposed and discussed. The thesis also demonstrates an intrinsic limitation of the conventional Blind Phase Search (BPS) algorithm due to angular quantization and provides methods to overcome it. Finally, this thesis proposes and demonstrates single stage and multi-stage carrier phase recovery algorithms for compensation of phase impairments due to the two lasers for higher order circular and square modulations. The proposed methods outperform the state of art algorithms both in performance and in complexity.

QC 20170516

European project ICONE gr. #608099

This thesis is focused on the evaluation of rotor dynamics of the induction machine, which can be used as a basis for online diagnosis of driven load in the future. It describes the problem of time varying loading torque at its impact to electromagnetic variables in induction machine. Followed by the possible ways of monitoring and diagnostic of loading torque using Fourier analysis on supply current.

Le futur système de transmission multicanaux (WDM) pourrait mettre à profit l'utilisation d'amplificateurs optiques à semi-conducteurs (SOA), pour bénéficier notamment de leur grande bande passante optique pour l'amplification du signal. Dans ce travail, nous étudions l'influence des SOA sur la transmission cohérente de signaux OFDM optiques (CO OFDM). Cette technique, récemment proposée, permet à la fois d'augmenter l'efficacité spectrale de la transmission et de compenser les imperfections linéaires du canal optique. Nous avons développé, dans ce travail, une chaîne expérimentale de transmission de signaux à formats de modulation complexes tout-optiques et une plateforme de simulation au niveau système. Les résultats obtenus par simulation, au niveau composant et au niveau système, sont en très bon accord avec ceux obtenus par les mesures expérimentales à la fois pour des formats de modulation QPSK et QPSK CO-OFDM. À travers différentes mesures et simulations, l'étude a permis de cerner clairement l'influence des paramètres du SOA sur la qualité de transmission des données. Les non-linéarités induites par le SOA, telles que le couplage phase amplitude, l'auto modulation du gain et de la phase (SGM et SPM), la modulation croisée du gain et de la phase (XGM et XPM) et le mélange à quatre ondes (FWM), jouent de façon importante sur les performances de ce format de modulation multi-porteuses ; leur influence a donc été analysée avec précision. Les connaissances acquises permettront à l'avenir d'une part de mieux définir les conditions d'utilisation des SOA dans les réseaux de transmission et d'autre part aideront à l'optimisation de nouvelles structures de SOA conçues pour la transmission de données à très haut débit utilisant des formats de modulation complexes.

L'activite economique maritime s'etant eloignee de la cote pour se rapprocher du bord du talus continental, les exploitants se trouvent confrontes a des mouvements baroclines qui peuvent etre de grandes amplitudes, les ondes longues internes. Dans ce memoire, on presente donc deux aspects concernant les ondes longues internes. Dans une premiere partie, la generation des ces ondes lors de l'interaction de la maree externe avec le talus continental a ete etudie. Il a ete montre grace a un modele lineaire d'ondes longues en bi-couche que l'incidence oblique de la maree ainsi que la rotation terrestre n'etaient pas a negliger. Le modele a ete valide en le comparant a des mesures in-situ realisees sur le malin shelf (ecosse). Dans la seconde partie, nous nous sommes interesses a l'interaction de ces ondes longues internes avec la houle de surface. En effet, sur les images sar, on peut observer la signature des ondes internes laissee en surface. Une premiere etude experimentale d'interaction entre une onde solitaire de surface et une onde courte monochromatique barotrope a ete menee simulant la difference d'echelle existant entre une onde longue interne et des vagues de vent. Des dephasages importants de l'onde courte ont ete mesures, en bon accord avec ceux predits par un modele theorique utilisant la technique wkb egalement presente dans ce memoire. Ce modele a aussi conduit a estimer les modulations d'amplitude de l'onde courte a travers la conservation de l'action d'onde mais ce point n'a pu etre teste experimentalement. Enfin, des experiences d'interaction entre une onde solitaire interne et une onde courte externe ont ete menees en milieu stratifie. Les modulations de la phase se sont averees trop faibles pour etre mesurees, et celles de l'amplitude ne sont pas decrites par la conservation de l'action d'onde etablie theoriquement pour le cas de la premiere serie d'experiences.

Doutoramento em Engenharia Electrotécnica
The continuous demand for highly efficient wireless transmitter systems has triggered an increased interest in switching mode techniques to handle the required power amplification. The RF carrier amplitude-burst transmitter, i.e. a wireless transmitter chain where a phase-modulated carrier is modulated in amplitude in an on-off mode, according to some prescribed envelope-to-time conversion, such as pulse-width or sigma-delta modulation, constitutes a promising architecture capable of efficiently transmitting signals of highly demanding complex modulation schemes. However, the tested practical implementations present results that are way behind the theoretically advanced promises (perfect linearity and efficiency). My original contribution to knowledge presented in this thesis is the first thorough study and model of the power efficiency and linearity characteristics that can be actually achieved with this architecture. The analysis starts with a brief revision of the theoretical idealized behavior of these switched-mode amplifier systems, followed by the study of the many sources of impairments that appear when the real system is implemented. In particular, a special attention is paid to the dynamic load modulation caused by the often ignored interaction between the narrowband signal reconstruction filter and the usual single-ended switched-mode power amplifier, which, among many other performance impairments, forces a two transistor implementation. The performance of this architecture is clearly explained based on the presented theory, which is supported by simulations and corresponding measured results of a fully working implementation. The drawn conclusions allow the development of a set of design rules for future improvements, one of which is proposed and verified in this thesis. It suggests a significant modification to this traditional architecture, where now the phase modulated carrier is always on – and thus allowing a single transistor implementation – and the amplitude is impressed into the carrier phase according to a bi-phase code.
A constante exigência por sistemas de transmissão sem fios altamente eficientes, tem fomentado o interesse em técnicas comutadas aplicadas à necessária amplificação em potência. O transmissor de RF com a portadora pulsada em amplitude, ou seja, um transmissor sem fios em que a portadora modulada em fase é comutada em amplitude em modo activo e inactivo, de acordo com uma determinada conversão amplitude-tempo, tal como as modulações de largura de pulsos ou sigma-delta, constitui uma arquitectura promissora capaz de transmitir eficientemente sinais com modulações complexas altamente exigentes. No entanto, os testes das implementações práticas apresentam resultados que ficam muito aquém das promessas teóricas (linearidade e eficiência perfeitas). Esta tese apresenta, como contributo original para o conhecimento, o primeiro estudo aprofundado e respectivo modelo das características de eficiência e linearidade que podem ser conseguidas com esta arquitectura. A análise começa com uma breve descrição do comportamento teórico idealizado destes sistemas de amplificação comutados, seguido do estudo das muitas fontes de imperfeições que surgem na implementação real. Em particular, é dada uma especial atenção à modulação de carga causada pela interacção, frequentemente ignorada, entre o filtro de banda estreita de reconstrução e o amplificador comutado, que, de entre os vários problemas adicionais que afectam o seu desempenho, força uma implementação com dois transístores. O desempenho desta arquitectura é perfeitamente explicado como base na teoria apresentada, suportada por simulações e respectivos resultados das medidas efectuadas com uma implementação prática plenamente funcional. A partir das conclusões retiradas é formulado um conjunto de recomendações que permitem melhorar desenhos futuros, um dos quais proposto e verificado nesta tese. É sugerida uma importante modificação à arquitectura tradicional, onde a portadora modulada em fase está sempre activa - permitindo uma implementação com um transístor único - e a amplitude é impressa na fase da portadora de acordo com um código bi-fásico.

The purpose of this semestral project is to explain the basic issues of simple digital modulations through the creation of simple digital modulations using direct digital synthesis. It begins with a short review of digital modulation theory and the theory about direct digital synthesis. All the technical documentation is attached, including schematics and boards of functional modulator.

Ce travail a pour objectif de contribuer a l'identification des resonances obtenues in vivo par spectroscopie rmn proton 1d et 2d, globale et localisee. Les techniques d'edition spectrale et de caracterisation developpees ont ete appliquees en particulier a l'etude des tumeurs intracerebrales du cerveau de rat in vivo. Un travail preliminaire a consiste a elaborer une methode rapide de correction des imperfections introduites par un modulateur de phase et d'amplitude, qui permet d'obtenir des impulsions de bonne qualite. Plusieurs axes de recherche ont ensuite ete suivis afin d'apporter des informations complementaires contribuant a l'identification moleculaire. Un de ces axes a concerne les techniques de rmn a deux dimensions, en examinant plus particulierement les fonctions d'apodisation utilisees pour le traitement des spectres 2d obtenus in vivo, afin d'optimiser le rapport signal sur bruit. La spectroscopie 2d de correlation combinee a l'imagerie spectroscopique a permis d'acceder a la repartition spatiale des acides amines et des carbohydrates presents dans une plante in vivo. D'autre part, les techniques d'observation localisees (imagerie et imagerie spectroscopique) des coherences a multiples quanta ont ete proposees afin d'observer simultanement les differents ordres de coherence des systemes de spins couples et non-couples. Enfin, dans un autre contexte, la mesure localisee du coefficient de diffusion a conduit a l'edition et a la caracterisation des metabolites presents dans les tumeurs intracerebrales in vivo en fonction de leur degre de mobilite translationnelle

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 23-26, 2000 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California
Advances in spectrally efficient Feher’s Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (FQPSK) and Feher‘s Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (FQAM) patented technologies, commercial and government “dual-use” FQPSK products and Test & Evaluation (T&E) results are highlighted in this overview paper. US and international customer requirements/systems, programs and recent deployments and standardization programs are also described. FQPSK doubles the spectral efficiency of PCM/FM Telemetry and of Feher patented Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK or FGMSK) and of alternatives, while FQAM quadruples the spectral efficiency of these systems. The predominant focus of this presentation is on an overview and advances of IRIG 106-00 standardized FQPSK technologies. FQAM systems will also be described. Use of FQPSK for applications such as telemetry, data links, clear mode, TDMA ,CSMA and CDMA, OCDMA, WCDMA as well as OFDM – COFDM will be included in the presentation.

Muchos tipos de señales que encontramos a diario pertenecen a la categoría de sinusoides no estacionarias. Una gran parte de esas señales son sonidos que presentan una gran variedad de características: acústicos/electrónicos, sonidos instrumentales harmónicos/impulsivos, habla/canto, y la mezcla de todos ellos que podemos encontrar en la música. Durante décadas la comunidad científica ha estudiado y analizado ese tipo de señales. El motivo principal es la gran utilidad de los avances científicos en una gran variedad de áreas, desde aplicaciones médicas, financiera y ópticas, a procesado de radares o sonar, y también a análisis de sistemas. La estimación precisa de los parámetros de sinusoides no estacionarias es una de las tareas más comunes en procesado digital de señales, y por lo tanto un elemento fundamental e indispensable para una gran variedad de aplicaciones. Las transformaciones de tiempo y frecuencia clásicas son solamente apropiadas para señales con variación lenta de amplitud y frecuencia. Esta suposición no suele cumplirse en la práctica, lo que conlleva una degradación de calidad y la aparición de artefactos. Además, la resolución temporal y frecuencial no se puede incrementar arbitrariamente debido al conocido principio de incertidumbre de Heisenberg. \\ El principal objetivo de esta tesis es revisar y mejorar los métodos existentes para el análisis de sinusoides no estacionarias, y también proponer nuevas estrategias y aproximaciones. Esta disertación contribuye sustancialmente a los análisis sinusoidales existentes: a) realiza una evaluación crítica del estado del arte y describe con gran detalle los métodos de análisis existentes, b) aporta mejoras sustanciales a algunos de los métodos existentes más prometedores, c) propone varias aproximaciones nuevas para el análisis de los modelos sinusoidales existentes i d) propone un modelo sinusoidal muy general y flexible con un algoritmo de análisis directo y rápido.
Many types of everyday signals fall into the non-stationary sinusoids category. A large family of such signals represent audio, including acoustic/electronic, pitched/transient instrument sounds, human speech/singing voice, and a mixture of all: music. Analysis of such signals has been in the focus of the research community for decades. The main reason for such intense focus is the wide applicability of the research achievements to medical, financial and optical applications, as well as radar/sonar signal processing and system analysis. Accurate estimation of sinusoidal parameters is one of the most common digital signal processing tasks and thus represents an indispensable building block of a wide variety of applications. Classic time-frequency transformations are appropriate only for signals with slowly varying amplitude and frequency content - an assumption often violated in practice. In such cases, reduced readability and the presence of artefacts represent a significant problem. Time and frequency resolu

This master thesis is focused on the theoretical description and practical implementation of software defined transmitter. The main aim of this thesis was made the prototype of software defined transmitter in FM band. Theoretical part is determined to description of basic parts of equipment and working principles to understand the basic principle of digital transmitters and define the appropriate component base for construction. Discussed are used types of A/D and D/A converters, blocks of digital signal processing and the roles, which these components performs. The second part is focused practical. Specified are suitable types of components and block diagram is proposed for following electrical connection and printed circuit board in Eagle program as a plug-in modul for developmental platform Arduino. The main point is program, which sets and controls the transmitter. Next important part is impedance match and antenna tuning, which is explain in practical part of thesis. The result is prototype of software defined transmitter compatible with Arduino Uno platform.

[EN] The processing of radiofrequency signals using photonics means is a discipline that appeared almost at the same time as the laser and the optical fibre. Photonics offers the capability of managing broadband radiofrequency (RF) signals thanks to its low transmission attenuation, a variety of linear and non-linear phenomena and, recently, the potential to implement integrated photonic subsystems. These features open the door for the implementation of multiple functionalities including optical transportation, up and down frequency conversion, optical RF filtering, signal multiplexing, de-multiplexing, routing and switching, optical sampling, tone generation, delay control, beamforming and photonic generation of digital modulations, and even a combination of several of these functionalities. This thesis is focused on the application of vector processing in the optical domain to radiofrequency signals in two fields of application: optical beamforming, and photonic vector modulation and demodulation of digital quadrature amplitude modulations. The photonic vector control enables to adjust the amplitude and phase of the radiofrequency signals in the optical domain, which is the fundamental processing that is required in different applications such as beamforming networks for direct radiating array (DRA) antennas and multilevel quadrature modulation. The work described in this thesis include different techniques for implementing a photonic version of beamforming networks for direct radiating arrays (DRA) known as optical beamforming networks (OBFN), with the objectives of providing a precise control in terrestrial applications of broadband signals at very high frequencies above 40 GHz in communication antennas, optimizing the size and mass when compared with the electrical counterparts in space application, and presenting new photonic-based OBFN functionalities. Thus, two families of OBFNs are studied: fibre-based true time delay architectures and integrated networks. The first allow the control of broadband signals using dispersive optical fibres with wavelength division multiplexing techniques and advanced functionalities such as direction of arrival estimation in receiving architectures. In the second, passive OBFNs based on monolithically-integrated Optical Butler Matrices are studied, including an ultra-compact solution using optical heterodyne techniques in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) material, and an alternative implementing a homodyne counterpart in germanium doped silica material. In this thesis, the application of photonic vector processing to the generation of quadrature digital modulations has also been investigated. Multilevel modulations are based on encoding digital information in discrete states of phase and amplitude of an electrical signal to enhance spectral efficiency, as for instance, in quadrature modulation. The signal process required for generating and demodulating this kind of signals involves vector processing (phase and amplitude control) and frequency conversion. Unlike the common electronic or digital implementation, in this thesis, different photonic based signal processing techniques are studied to produce digital modulation (photonic vector modulation, PVM) and demodulation (PVdM). These techniques are of particular interest in the case of broadband signals where the data rate required to be managed is in the order of gigabit per second, for applications like wireless backhauling of metro optical networks (known as fibre-to-the-air). The techniques described use optical dispersion in optical fibres, wavelength division multiplexing and photonic up/down conversion. Additionally, an optical heterodyne solution implemented monolithically in a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is also described.
[ES] El procesamiento de señales de radiofrecuencia (RF) utilizando medios fotónicos es una disciplina que apareció casi al mismo tiempo que el láser y la fibra óptica. La fotónica ofrece la capacidad de manipular señales de radiofrecuencia de banda ancha, una baja atenuación, procesados basados en una amplia variedad de fenómenos lineales y no lineales y, recientemente, el potencial para implementar subsistemas fotónicos integrados. Estas características ofrecen un gran potencial para la implementación de múltiples funcionalidades incluyendo transporte óptico, conversión de frecuencia, filtrado óptico de RF, multiplexación y demultiplexación de señales, encaminamiento y conmutación, muestreo óptico, generación de tonos, líneas de retardo, conformación de haz en agrupaciones de antenas o generación fotónica de modulaciones digitales, e incluso una combinación de varias de estas funcionalidades. Esta tesis se centra en la aplicación del procesamiento vectorial en el dominio óptico de señales de radiofrecuencia en dos campos de aplicación: la conformación óptica de haces y la modulación y demodulación vectorial fotónica de señales digitales en cuadratura. El control fotónico vectorial permite manipular la amplitud y fase de las señales de radiofrecuencia en el dominio óptico, que es el procesamiento fundamental que se requiere en diferentes aplicaciones tales como las redes de conformación de haces para agrupaciones de antenas y en la modulación en cuadratura. El trabajo descrito en esta tesis incluye diferentes técnicas para implementar una versión fotónica de las redes de conformación de haces de en agrupaciones de antenas, conocidas como redes ópticas de conformación de haces (OBFN). Se estudian dos familias de redes: arquitecturas de retardo en fibra óptica y arquitecturas integradas. Las primeras permiten el control de señales de banda ancha utilizando fibras ópticas dispersivas con técnicas de multiplexado por división de longitud de onda y funcionalidades avanzadas tales como la estimación del ángulo de llegada de la señal en la antena receptora. En la segunda, se estudian redes de conformación pasivas basadas en Matrices de Butler ópticas integradas, incluyendo una solución ultra-compacta utilizando técnicas ópticas heterodinas en silicio sobre aislante (SOI), y una alternativa homodina en sílice dopado con germanio. En esta tesis, también se han investigado técnicas de procesado vectorial fotónico para la generación de modulaciones digitales en cuadratura. Las modulaciones multinivel codifican la información digital en estados discretos de fase y amplitud de una señal eléctrica para aumentar su eficiencia espectral, como por ejemplo la modulación en cuadratura. El procesado necesario para generar y demodular este tipo de señales implica el procesamiento vectorial (control de amplitud y fase) y la conversión de frecuencia. A diferencia de la implementación electrónica o digital convencional, en esta tesis se estudian diferentes técnicas de procesado fotónico tanto para la generación de modulaciones digitales (modulación vectorial fotónica, PVM) como para su demodulación (PVdM). Esto es de particular interés en el caso de señales de banda ancha, donde la velocidad de datos requerida es del orden de gigabits por segundo, para aplicaciones como backhaul inalámbrico de redes ópticas metropolitanas (conocida como fibra hasta el aire). Las técnicas descritas se basan en explotar la dispersión cromática de la fibra óptica, la multiplexación por división de longitud de onda y la conversión en frecuencia. Además, se presenta una solución heterodina implementada monolíticamente en un circuito integrado fotónico (PIC).
[CAT] El processament de senyals de radiofreqüència (RF) utilitzant mitjans fotònics és una disciplina que va aparèixer gairebé al mateix temps que el làser i la fibra òptica. La fotònica ofereix la capacitat de manipular senyals de radiofreqüència de banda ampla, una baixa atenuació, processats basats en una àmplia varietat de fenòmens lineals i no lineals i, recentment, el potencial per implementar subsistemes fotònics integrats. Aquestes característiques ofereixen un gran potencial per a la implementació de múltiples funcionalitats incloent transport òptic, conversió de freqüència, filtrat òptic de RF, multiplexació i demultiplexació de senyals, encaminament i commutació, mostreig òptic, generació de tons, línies de retard, conformació de feix en agrupacions d'antenes i la generació fotònica de modulacions digitals, i fins i tot una combinació de diverses d'aquestes funcionalitats. Aquesta tesi es centra en l'aplicació del processament vectorial en el domini òptic de senyals de radiofreqüència en dos camps d'aplicació: la conformació òptica de feixos i la modulació i demodulació vectorial fotònica de senyals digitals en quadratura. El control fotònic vectorial permet manipular l'amplitud i la fase dels senyals de radiofreqüència en el domini òptic, que és el processament fonamental que es requereix en diferents aplicacions com ara les xarxes de conformació de feixos per agrupacions d'antenes i en modulació multinivell. El treball descrit en aquesta tesi inclou diferents tècniques per implementar una versió fotònica de les xarxes de conformació de feixos en agrupacions d'antenes, conegudes com a xarxes òptiques de conformació de feixos (OBFN), amb els objectius de proporcionar un control precís en aplicacions terrestres de senyals de banda ampla a freqüències molt altes per sobre de 40 GHz en antenes de comunicacions, optimitzant la mida i el pes quan es compara amb els homòlegs elèctrics en aplicacions espacials, i la presentació de noves funcionalitats fotòniques per agrupacions d'antenes. Per tant, s'estudien dues famílies de OBFNs: arquitectures de retard en fibra òptica i arquitectures integrades. Les primeres permeten el control de senyals de banda ampla utilitzant fibres òptiques dispersives amb tècniques de multiplexació per divisió en longitud d'ona i funcionalitats avançades com ara l'estimació de l'angle d'arribada del senyal a l'antena receptora. A la segona, s'estudien xarxes de conformació passives basades en Matrius de Butler òptiques en fotònica integrada, incloent una solució ultra-compacta utilitzant tècniques òptiques heterodinas en silici sobre aïllant (SOI), i una alternativa homodina en sílice dopat amb germani. D'altra banda, també s'ha investigat en aquesta tesi tècniques de processament vectorial fotònic per a la generació de modulacions digitals en quadratura. Les modulacions multinivell codifiquen la informació digital en estats discrets de fase i amplitud d'un senyal elèctric per augmentar la seva eficiència espectral, com ara la modulació en quadratura. El processat necessari per generar i desmodular aquest tipus de senyals implica el processament vectorial (control d'amplitud i fase) i la conversió de freqüència. A diferència de la implementació electrònica o digital convencional, en aquesta tesi s'estudien diferents tècniques de processament fotònic tant per a la generació de modulacions digitals (modulació vectorial fotònica, PVM) com per la seva demodulació (PVdM). Això és de particular interès en el cas de senyals de banda ampla, on la velocitat de dades requerida és de l'ordre de gigabits per segon, per a aplicacions com backhaul sense fils de xarxes òptiques metropolitanes (coneguda com fibra fins l'aire). Les tècniques descrites es basen en explotar la dispersió cromàtica de la fibra òptica, la multiplexació per divisió en longitud d'ona i la conversió en freqüència. A més, es prese
Piqueras Ruipérez, MÁ. (2016). Photonic Vector Processing Techniques for Radiofrequency Signals [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/63264
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This doctoral thesis is focused on problems of modulators based on six-ports. It begins with description of current state of the art of six-ports used like modulators, their transfer functions and SIW technology. A design part of this thesis consists from experimental six-port based on substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology. There is presented step-by-step development of this six-port using this technology and also there is introduced micro-strip technology based six-port. Final design of six-ports and variable impedances were measured, the results are discussed and compared with expected ones in next chapters. Second part of this thesis deals with influences of internal parameters of six-ports to final signal transmission and derives theirs transfer functions for more than one reflection in structure. The computation results are compared with experimental measurements for fixed loads. With using of ideal loads sweeps, modulations with shaped input signals were calculated. For designed variables impedances, there was founded the optimal biasing points for demanded IQ diagram and discussed which from tested active circuit is suitable. In the last part there are shown results of experiment with these variable loads connected to both types of designed six-ports.

In this thesis, a differential amplitude/phase space-time modulation (DAPSTM) is proposed for multiple transmit antenna wireless systems over flat Rayleigh fading channels. Two conventional noncoherent detection schemes, namely, simply heuristic (SH) differential detection (DD) and maximum likelihood (ML) DD are presented. Furthermore, two improved noncoherent detection schemes, multiple-symbol detection (MSD) and decisionfeedback DD (DF-DD) with lower decoding complexity are derived. By taking the dependencies among the received symbols into account, MSD and DF-DD can reduce the error floor of ML-DD. The pairwise error probability (PEP) based on SH-DD, and an approximation of the bit error rate (BER) based on the union bound, are derived. Analytical considerations agree well with the simulation results. Compared with the known differential unitary space-time modulation (DUSTM), DAPSTM can be said to generalize the diagonal structure from phase signals to a combination of phase signals and amplitude signals. This generalization potentially allows the spectral efficiency to be increased by carrying information, not only in phases, but also in amplitudes. DAPSTM is not as power efficient as space-time codes with differential amplitude/phase shift keying (STC-DAPSK), which is based on Alamouti's orthogonal space-time code (OSTC), when two transmit antennas are employed. However, DAPSTM allows easy implementation at the transmitter, due to the group property of its constellation under matrix multiplication. DAPSTM can be employed for an arbitrary number of transmit antennas while keeping full diversity and full rate. It is also suitable for exploiting time diversity when only one transmit antenna is used in the system. In contrast, STC-DAPSK can only achieve full diversity and full rate for two transmit antennas and can not exploit time diversity, due to its nondiagonal structure.

Thesis (M.S.E.E.)--University of Notre Dame, 2006.
Thesis directed by Thomas Fuja and Yih-Fang Huang for the Department of Electrical Engineering. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-104).

碩士
國立中央大學
通訊工程研究所
96
A systematic design of unitary space-time modulation using phase shift-keying (PSK) signals was proposed in 2000. In this thesis, we propose three schemes of unitary space-time modulation (USTM) that use amplitude phase-shift keying (APSK) signal points. We utilize the computer to search codes in USTM that maximize the diversity product ζ. Several of searched codes in Scheme 1 and Scheme 3 have better diversity product ζ than the codes for the proposed scheme in 2000. Simulation results confirm that our searched codes have better error performances than the proposed scheme in 2000.

This thesis studies and mathematically models nonlinear interactions among channels of modern high bit rate (amplitude/) phase modulated optical systems. First, phase modulated analogue systems are studied and a differential receiving method is suggested with experimental validation. The main focus of the rest of the thesis is on digital advanced modulation format systems. Cross-talk due to fiber Kerr nonlinearity in two-format hybrid systems as well as 16-QAM systems is mathematically modelled and verified by simulation for different system parameters. A comparative study of differential receivers and coherent receivers is also given for hybrid systems. The model is based on mathematically proven assumptions and provides an intuitive analytical understanding of nonlinear cross-talk in such systems.
Graduate

碩士
國立中山大學
光電工程學系研究所
106
This dissertation studies the application of carrier-less amplitude phase modulation (CAP) in short-reach MMF transmission. In addition to two different modulation orders (i.e., CAP-16 and CAP-32), we adopted two kinds of filters in CAP modulation, which are named by Filter 1 and Filter 2. The frequency responses of two data paths in Filter 1 are root raised cosine functions multiplied by sine and cosine, and this scheme is not only inter symbol interference- (ISI-) free but also maintains orthogonality between two paths. As to Filter 2, the root raised cosine function and its Hilbert transform are directly used as the frequency responses of two data paths. Although higher spectral efficiency can be achieved by Filter 2, the orthogonality between two paths does not hold unless the roll-off factor is zero. We used the Volterra and decision feedback equalizer (DFE) to equalize the CAP signals, and the corresponding improvement can demonstrate the characteristics of the used filters. First of all, we experimentally compared the CAP signals based on the two filters at optical back-to-back. When the symbol rate is low, Filter 1 can outperform due to the orthogonality. However, when the symbol rate increases, Filter 2 can perform better due to its better spectral efficiency. In particular, when the system bandwidth was reduced after 200- or 500-m MMF transmission, the highest data rate of CAP-16 was achieved by Filter 2. Nonetheless, if CAP-32 was used, the highest data rate was accomplished by Filter 1 because symbol rate was low to meet the requirement of higher SNR. Since CAP-16 can achieve higher data rate compared to CAP-32, this work demonstrates that Filter 2 is a potential candidate for future high-capacity short-reach MMF transmission.

Coherent detection together with multilevel modulation formats has the potential to significantly increase the capacity of existing optical communication systems at no extra cost in signal bandwidth. However, these modulation formats are more susceptible to the impact of different noise sources and distortions as the distance between its constellation points in the complex plane reduces with the modulation index. In this context, digital signal processing (DSP) plays a key role as it allows compensating for the impairments occurring during signal generation, transmission and/or detection relaxing the complexity of the overall system. The transition towards pluggable optical transceivers, offers flexibility for network design/upgrade but sets strict requirements on the power consumption of the DSP thus limiting its complexity. The DSP module complexity however, scales with the modulation order and, in this scenario, low complex yet high performance DSP algorithms are highly desired. In this thesis, we mainly focus on the impact of laser phase noise arising from the transmitter and local oscillator (LO) lasers in coherent optical communication systems employing high order modulation formats. In these systems, the phase noise of the transmitting and LO lasers translate into phase noise in the received constellation impeding the proper recovery of the transmitted data. In order to increase the system phase noise tolerance, we firstly explore the possibility of re-arranging the constellation points in a circularly shaped mQAM (C-mQAM) constellation shape to exploit its inherent phase noise tolerance. Different low-complex carrier phase recovery (CPR) schemes applicable to these constellations are proposed along with a discussion on its performance and implementation complexity. Secondly, the design guidelines of high performance and low complex CPR schemes for conventional square mQAM constellations are presented. We identify the inherent limitation of the state-of-the-art blind phase search (BPS) carrier phase recovery algorithm which hinders its achievable performance and implementation complexity and present a low complex solution to overcome it. The design guidelines of multi-stage CPR schemes for high order modulation formats, where the BPS algorithm is employed at any of the stages, are also provided and discussed. Finally, the interplay between the received dispersed signal and the LO phase noise is analytically investigated to characterize the origin of the equalization enhanced phase noise phenomena.

QC 20170516

EU project ICONE, gr. #608099

碩士
國立中山大學
光電工程學系研究所
103
In this thesis, we using high spectra efficiency and cost-effective carrier-less amplitude-phase modulation supplemented by digital signal processing in short-reach optical interconnection and long-reach passive optical network. In short-reach optical interconnection system, using novel two-mode vertical cavity surface emitting laser to extend transmission length over 1005 m OM4 fiber, using feed-forward and decision feedback equalization to substitute for frequency domain equalization. Successfully demonstrate 56 Gbps for optical back-to-back and maintain 40 Gbps high capacity after 1005 m OM4 fiber transmission. In long-reach passive optical network system, we demonstrate 4-channel wavelength division multiplexing with 24 dBm high launch power to solve the power fading phenomenon after transmission to successfully extend 3 dB bandwidth. By using electro-absorption modulation and PIN detector supplemented by nonlinear Volterra filter compensation, achieve 224 Gbps high capacity after 60 km transmission and have 12 dB power budget per wavelength which can offer 16 optical network unit and each down-stream speed &;gt; 3 Gbps.

This thesis deals with generalizations of the analytic signal (AS) construction proposed by Gabor. Functional extensions of the fractional Hilbert Transform (FrHT) are proposed using which families of analytic signals are obtained. The construction is further applied in the design of a secure communication scheme. A demodulation scheme is developed based on the generalized AS, motivated by perceptual experiments in binaural hearing. Demodulation is achieved using a signal and its arbitrary phase-shifted version which, in turn translated to demodulation using a pair of flat-top bandpass filters that form an FrHT parir. A new family of wavelets based on the popular Gammatone auditory model is proposed and is shown to lead to a good characterization of singularities/transients in a signal. Allied problems of computing smooth amplitude, phase, and frequency modulations from the AS. Construction of FrHT pair of wavelets, and temporal envelope fit of transient audio signals are also addressed.

Cavity ring-down spectroscopy has been used over the last twenty years as a highly sensitive absorption spectroscopic technique to measure light attenuation in gases, liquids, and solid samples. An optical cavity is used as a multi-pass cell, and the decay time of the light intensity in the cavity is measured, thereby rendering the techniques insensitive to light intensity fluctuations. Optical waveguides are used to build the optical cavities presented in this work. The geometries of such waveguides permit the use of very small liquid sample volumes while retaining the advantages of cavity ring-down spectroscopy. In this thesis cavity ring-down measurements are conducted, both, in the time domain and by measuring phase-shifts of sinusoidally modulated light, and the two methods are theoretically connected using a simple mathematical model, which is then experimentally confirmed. A new laser driver, that is compatible with high powered diode lasers, has to be designed to be able to switch from time domain to frequency domain measurements. A sample path length enhancement within the optical cavity is explored with the use of liquid core waveguides. The setup was optimised with respect to the matrix liquid, the geometrical matching of waveguide geometries, and the shape of liquid core waveguide ends. Additionally, a new technique of producing concave lenses at fibre ends has been developed and the output of a general fibre lens is simulated. Finally, liquid core waveguides are incorporated into a fibre-loop ring-down spectroscopy setup to measure the attenuation of two model dyes in a sample volume of <1 µL. The setup is characterized by measuring concentrations of Allura Red AC and Congo Red from 1 µM to a limit of detection of 5 nM. The performance of the setup is compared to other absorption techniques measuring liquid samples.
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