Novel Hybrid Photonic-RF Ultrawideband Wireless Communications Technologies

论文的主要工作是基于光子-射频混合系统的新型设计和实现技术，它将彻底改变超宽带（UWB）通信技术。所提出的UWB架构的骨干包括相对较少的复杂的光子使能接入节点，能够合成，接收和校正任意UWB波形在分散和多径环境。该网络的客户端将包括大量的廉价的RF UWB节点与集成的片上光子电路。任意光子产生的UWB波形与RF和光子电路的多样性相结合，将使复杂的编码方案能够有效地解决许多具有挑战性的问题，包括多径，天线色散和光子体积。更广泛的影响：这项研究的更广泛的影响将在三个不同的领域显而易见：1）技术/经济：首席研究员在飞秒脉冲整形方面的开创性工作将首次导致独特的经济可行的概念，如啁啾UWB雷达和芯片级任意波形发生器。2)本科生的研究机会和多样性促进：至少有一个美国本科生研究员将监督每年夏天，无论是在夏季本科生研究奖学金（SURF）计划普渡大学本科生或在连接与适当建立的计划在印第安纳州招聘学生研究人员从代表性不足的群体。调查人员已经在吸引和留住少数民族学生方面有了记录，包括通过中西部研究生教育联盟。

ECCS-0701448A.Weiner, Purdue UniversityIntellectual Merit: Novel design and implementation techniques based on hybrid photonic-RF systems that will revolutionize the ultra wideband (UWB) communication technology are the major focus of this work. The backbone of the proposed UWB architecture includes relatively few sophisticated photonically-enabled access nodes that are capable of synthesizing, receiving and correcting arbitrary UWB waveforms in dispersive and multipath environments. The clients of this network will include a large number of inexpensive RF UWB nodes with integrated on-chip photonic circuits. The arbitrary photonically-generated UWB waveforms in conjunction with the diversity of RF and photonic circuits will enable complex coding schemes that effectively address many challenging issues including multipath, antenna dispersion and photonics volume.Broader Impact: The broader impacts of this research will be evident in three different areas: 1) Technology/Economic: The pioneering work of the principal investigator in femtosecond pulse shaping will lead for the first time to unique economically-feasible concepts such as chirped UWB radars and chip-level arbitrary waveform generators. 2) Undergraduate student research opportunities and diversity promotion: At least one US undergraduate student-researcher will be supervised each summer, either in connection with the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program for Purdue undergraduates or in connection with appropriately established programs in Indiana for recruiting student-researchers from underrepresented groups. The investigators already have a record in attracting and retaining minority students including through the Midwest Alliances for Graduate Education in the Professoriate.