Coherent sampling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10944481-B2
Application number	US-201716305057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2017
Priority date	May 31, 2016
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

To realize sampling (signal measurement) and analysis of a signal to be measured easily at low cost by capturing optical phase fluctuation even when low-speed sampling is carried out. This sampling method includes: a step for acquiring main sampling points at a repetition period equal to or less than a half of the band frequency of a signal to be measured; a step for acquiring sub-sampling points by executing sampling separately from that executed for the main sampling points; a step for acquiring an amplitude difference, a phase difference, and a frequency difference between the signal to be measured at each of the sub-sampling points and a reference signal; a step for acquiring a time difference, an amplitude difference (ΔA), a phase difference (Δφ), and a frequency difference (Δf) between each of the main sampling points and each of the sub-sampling points; and a step for acquiring the amplitude fluctuation, the phase fluctuation, and the frequency fluctuation of the signal to be measured by using the time difference (Δt), the amplitude difference (ΔA), the phase difference (Δφ), and the frequency difference (Δf) between each of the main sampling points and each of the sub-sampling points.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sampling method, comprising:
a process of obtaining main sampling points at a repetition period that is half or less of the frequency band of the signal to be measured, which is the subject for measurement;
a process of obtaining sub-sampling points by performing sampling that is different from said main sampling points;
a process of, at each sampling point, obtaining the amplitude difference or ratio, the phase difference or ratio, and the frequency difference or ratio of said signal to be measured and a reference signal;
a process of obtaining the time differences (Δt) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points;
a process of obtaining amplitude differences (ΔA), phase differences (Δφ), and frequency differences (Δf) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points, wherein said amplitude differences (ΔA), said phase differences (Δφ), and said frequency differences (Δf) are respectively the amplitude differences or ratio differences of the signal to be measured and the reference signal, the phase differences or ratio differences of the signal to be measured and the reference signal, and the frequency differences or ratio differences of the signal to be measured and the reference signal, at said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points; and
a process of obtaining the amplitude fluctuations, the phase fluctuations, and the frequency fluctuations of said signal to be measured by employing the time differences (Δt), the amplitude differences (ΔA), the phase differences (Δφ), and the frequency differences (Δf) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points.

2. A sampling method according to claim 1 , wherein two sub-sampling points are present for each of said main sampling points.

3. A sampling method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a process of obtaining the amplitude fluctuations, the phase fluctuations, and the frequency fluctuations of said reference signal between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points; and
a process of obtaining sampling correction values at the main sampling points and the sub-sampling points by employing the amplitude fluctuations, the phase fluctuations, and the frequency fluctuations of said reference signal that have been obtained;
and wherein the process of obtaining the amplitude differences (ΔA), the phase differences (Δφ), and the frequency differences (Δf) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points is a process of obtaining the amplitude differences (ΔA), the phase differences (Δφ), and the frequency differences (Δf) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points by employing said sampling correction values and the amplitude differences, the phase differences, and the frequency differences between the signal to be measured and the reference signal at each of the sampling points.

4. A sampling system ( 25 ), comprising:
a mixing section ( 17 ) that is connected in a propagation path ( 13 ) along which a signal to be measured ( 11 ) is propagated, and that mixes the signal to be measured ( 11 ) propagated along said propagation path ( 13 ) and a reference signal ( 15 );
a time delay control section ( 19 ) for, from the signal to be measured and said reference signal that have been mixed by said mixing section ( 17 ), obtaining main sampling points at a repetition period that is half or less of the frequency band of said signal to be measured, and obtaining sub-sampling points at which sampling that is different from said main sampling points is performed;
a sampling section ( 21 ) that, at each sampling point, obtains the amplitude difference or ratio, the phase difference or ratio, and the frequency difference or ratio of said signal to be measured and the reference signal;
and a signal processing section ( 23 );
and wherein said signal processing section ( 23 ):
obtains the time differences (Δt) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points;
obtains amplitude differences (ΔA) which are the amplitude differences or ratio differences of the signal to be measured and the reference signal at said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points, phase differences (Δφ) which are the phase differences or ratio differences of the signal to be measured and the reference signal at said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points, and frequency differences (Δf) which are the frequency differences or ratio differences of the signal to be measured and the reference signal at said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points; and
obtains the amplitude fluctuations, the phase fluctuations, and the frequency fluctuations of said signal to be measured by employing said time differences (Δt), said amplitude differences (ΔA), said phase differences (Δφ), and said frequency differences (Δf) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points.

5. A sampling system ( 25 ) according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a reference signal fluctuation acquisition section ( 27 ) that obtains the amplitude fluctuations, the phase fluctuations, and the frequency fluctuations of said reference signal between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points; and
a compensation section ( 29 ) that compensates the sampling signals that have been sampled by the sampling section ( 21 ) or the signal processing section ( 23 ) by employing the amplitude fluctuations, the phase fluctuations, and the frequency fluctuations of said reference signal.

6. A sampling system ( 45 ), comprising:
a time delay control section ( 35 ) that is connected in a propagation path ( 33 ) along which a signal to be measured ( 31 ) is propagated, for obtaining main sampling points at a repetition period that is half or less of the frequency band of said signal to be measured, and also for obtaining sub-sampling points by performing sampling at a predetermined time difference from said main sampling points;
a mixing section ( 39 ) for mixing the signal to be measured outputted from said time delay control section ( 35 ) and a reference signal ( 37 );
a sampling section ( 41 ) that, at each sampling point, obtains the amplitude difference or ratio, the phase difference or ratio, and the frequency difference or ratio of said signal to be measured and the reference signal; and
a signal processing section ( 43 );
wherein said signal processing section ( 43 ):
obtains the time differences (Δt) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points;
obtains amplitude differences (ΔA) which are the amplitude differences or ratio differences of said signal to be measured and the reference signal at said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points, phase differences (Δφ) which are the phase differences or ratio differences of said signal to be measured and the reference signal at said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points, and frequency differences (Δf) which are the frequency differences or ratio differences of said signal to be measured and the reference signal at said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points; and
obtains the amplitude fluctuations, the phase fluctuations, and the frequency fluctuations of said signal to be measured by employing the time differences (Δt), the amplitude differences (ΔA), the phase differences (Δφ), and the frequency differences (Δf) between said main sampling points and said sub-sampling points.

Assignees

• Nat Inst Inf & Comm Tech

Inventors

• Sakamoto Takahide

Classifications

• G01M11/02 Primary

  Testing optical properties · CPC title

• H04B10/61 Primary

  Coherent receivers · CPC title

• H04L27/00

  Modulated-carrier systems · CPC title

• H04B10/079

  using measurements of the data signal · CPC title

• G01R13/34

  Circuits for representing a single waveform by sampling, e.g. for very high frequencies · CPC title