Microwave photonic radar jamming and target detection integration based on advanced waveform editing, forwarding, and self-squaring reception

TL;DR

This paper introduces a microwave photonic IRAJ system that generates noise-like jamming waveforms with high bandwidth, enabling effective radar jamming and accurate target detection in complex environments.

Contribution

The authors propose a novel microwave photonic IRAJ system utilizing pseudo-random binary phase modulation and segmented frequency shifting, overcoming traditional frequency and bandwidth limitations.

Findings

Achieves IRAJ waveform bandwidth up to 4 GHz covering 10-28 GHz.

Effectively jams adversary radars with false targets and maintains radar accuracy.

Maintains ranging error around 5 cm and velocity error below 4 cm/s.

Abstract

The integrated radar and jamming (IRAJ) system provides a promising solution that meets the demands for miniaturization, integration, and multifunctionality in complex warfare environments. However, traditional electronic-domain IRAJ systems face limitations in operating frequency and bandwidth. In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a microwave photonic IRAJ system based on pseudo-random binary phase modulation and segmented frequency shifting. By modulating pseudo-random binary coding sequence and frequency-shifting signals onto linearly frequency-modulated (LFM) pulses, an IRAJ waveform is generated to achieve noise-like jamming against the adversary radar. To overcome the random {\pi}-phase jumps introduced by pseudo-random binary modulation in the de-chirped signal, a time-domain squaring operation is implemented during de-chirped reception, restoring the radar detection ability of our system and enabling accurate target sensing without prior knowledge of the coding sequence. Experimental results demonstrate that the system can generate IRAJ waveforms with a bandwidth of up to 4 GHz, covering both 10-28 GHz. The proposed system achieves effective jamming against adversary radars employing either de-chirped reception or pulse compression, with the generated jamming results exhibiting an irregular and random distribution of false targets. Meanwhile, the system maintains radar performance with a ranging error of around 5 cm and a radial velocity measurement error below 4 cm/s.