D. Villafani, J. Schröder, M. Karlsson, P. Andrekson, E. Goobar
{"title":"Impact of Low Frequency Laser Phase Noise in High Order Modulation Formats","authors":"D. Villafani, J. Schröder, M. Karlsson, P. Andrekson, E. Goobar","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317586","url":null,"abstract":"We present a simulation method and results for laser phase noise where we model the low frequency FM-Noise power spectral density (PSD) with a linear filter with Gaussian response. Several FM-Noise PSD are simulated and used in a back-to-back (B2B) transmission system where the performance of high order modulation formats is obtained in terms of bit error rate (BER) versus optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR). Our simulations results show that there is a cutoff region where the low frequency FM-Noise PSD starts introducing a penalty to the system. The simulations are performed by using a pilotbased carrier phase recovery with 16QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM modulation formats.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116279229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Caldeirinha, T. Fernandes, I. Cuiñas, Hugo Rodrigues
{"title":"A Framework for the inclusion of RF transparency parameters into BIM databases","authors":"R. Caldeirinha, T. Fernandes, I. Cuiñas, Hugo Rodrigues","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317674","url":null,"abstract":"With the deployment of an ever increasing number of radio based services, such as 5G, a complete understanding of the radio propagation phenomena inside buildings is expected to be of utterly importance in the future, both for appropriate indoor radio planning and assessment of human exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Surprisingly, no regulations are currently in force which cover the RF transparency of buildings. It may well be justifiable on health and safety grounds (i.e. use of mobile phones or TETRA radio in emergency situations). For instance, there is substantial use of metal within current buildings which causes major problems for radio propagation. On the other hand, Building Information Modelling (BIM) is seen as a key technology and methodology to improve productivity and integration across various disciplines throughout the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) value chain. Although many valuable information has been added to such databases in the last years, detailed information about the radio wave propagation characteristics of buildings and building materials have been absent. This paper presents a multilayer Electromagnetic (EM) simulation tool to assess the radiofrequency transparency of building wall structures, which allows to explore different layer arrangements and determine the overall frequency response. In particular, the assessment of EM properties of different types of building walls commonly used in building construction, combined into one complete EM tool, is proposed. This is sought to be a valuable feature to be considered towards the integration with BIM-based simulation methods to provide unprecedented visualisation of the radio coverage within the building, allowing for the optimisation to meet specific facility radio requirements.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116435553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Filipa Ribeiro, C. João, S. Künzel, Jayanath C. P. Koliyadu, P. André, M. Fajardo
{"title":"Portable diagnostics station with SHG FROG","authors":"Ana Filipa Ribeiro, C. João, S. Künzel, Jayanath C. P. Koliyadu, P. André, M. Fajardo","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317567","url":null,"abstract":"We present the implementation of a compact, light, and portable second-harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating (SHG FROG) built with LEGO® modular elements. The diagnostic setup was designed and installed, and its performance and specifications were analyzed and validated.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"2012 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128080860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bastos, Barry Mckenna, Tiago Silvério, L. Carlos, P. André, R. C. Evans, R. Ferreira
{"title":"Innovative and multifunctional materials as optical amplifiers for cooperative visible light communications","authors":"A. Bastos, Barry Mckenna, Tiago Silvério, L. Carlos, P. André, R. C. Evans, R. Ferreira","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317553","url":null,"abstract":"Recent advances in light-emitting diode (LED) technology have created a new generation of energy-efficient light sources that is revolutionizing the lighting market. Due to the LED faster response, these devices can be used for illumination and for optical wireless communications, simultaneously, making visible light communication (VLC) a hot research topic worldwide. As the VLC link is free space, big challenges arise in its implementation. To improve the VLC performance, this work addresses cooperative communications by employing an optical amplifier. In this context, conjugated polymer incorporated into organic-inorganic hybrids with high quantum yield (>50%) were synthetized and processed as planar waveguides. The maximum gain efficiency values observed were 0.73±0.01cm $mu mathrm{J}^{-1}$, which is among the best ones known for conjugated polymers and hybrid materials. The waveguides were tested in a VLC test-in-bed scenario, showing a signal amplitude improvement of 1 dB, establishing the proposed approach as a promising cost-effective solution for optical amplification in VLCs.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133297913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugerles S. Silva, Danilo B. T. Almeida, W. Queiroz, F. Madeiro, I. Fonseca, M. Alencar
{"title":"SEP of the M-ary θ-QAM Signals Under Nakagami-q Fading and AWGN Noise","authors":"Hugerles S. Silva, Danilo B. T. Almeida, W. Queiroz, F. Madeiro, I. Fonseca, M. Alencar","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317622","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, an upper bound is obtained, by means of the union bound (UB), for the symbol error probability (SEP) of the M-ary $theta-$quadrature amplitude modulation ($theta-$QAM) scheme, in channels subject to additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and Nakagami-q fading. In addition, an exact and closed-form expression for the pairwise error probability (PEP) of the system is derived. Curves of SEP are presented, under different parameters that characterize the channel.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"367 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133932512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. S. Lima, L. A. M. Pereira, R. Borges, S. Arismar Cerqueira
{"title":"Photonics-assisted Amplification for Baseband-over-Fiber Links","authors":"E. S. Lima, L. A. M. Pereira, R. Borges, S. Arismar Cerqueira","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317625","url":null,"abstract":"We propose and experimentally investigate the use of a photonics-assisted amplification technique for baseband-over-fiber (BBoF) links. The proposed approach focuses on increasing the received electrical baseband signal in fiber-wireless systems, by exploiting the four-wave mixing effect for proving baseband electrical gain of up 19 dB. An experimental digital performance analysis in terms of bit error rate (BER) demonstrate the feasibility of our strategy for improving the power efficiency in BBoF links. By using PBA we enhance the BER performance from 10-3 to 10-11, for the same electrical power.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132981362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Theodosiou, J. Aubrecht, Nithyanandan Kanagaraj, P. Peterka, I. Kašík, P. Honzátko, A. Stassis, K. Kalli
{"title":"Monolithic fibre lasers developed using the plane-by-plane femtosecond laser inscription method","authors":"A. Theodosiou, J. Aubrecht, Nithyanandan Kanagaraj, P. Peterka, I. Kašík, P. Honzátko, A. Stassis, K. Kalli","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317643","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present the development of monolithic fibre lasers advanced using the plane-by-plane femtosecond laser inscription method. We present lasers designed for operation in the near- and mid-infrared wavelength ranges. We also present recent results regarding the development of polarizing elements, such as tilted fibre Bragg gratings, in order to realise pulsed fibre lasers.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132579031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. C. Jaimes, A. Leal-Junior, A. Siqueira, A. Frizera
{"title":"Instrumentation and validation of polymer optical fiber sensor technology on a knee exoskeleton","authors":"J. C. Jaimes, A. Leal-Junior, A. Siqueira, A. Frizera","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317420","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper is presented the construction, characterization, and evaluation of POF sensors for joint angle measurement and human-robot interaction torque assessment on a knee exoskeleton. Experimental tests with a voluntary user demonstrated the feasibility of these sensors on sitting position exercises. The results encourage us to work toward the implementation of this assembly in a six joint lower limb exoskeleton and to study robot control strategies based on POF sensor information.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"253 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123680851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cristiano Miranda Correia Lima, J. N. Carvalho, Alexandre Fonseca D’Andrea
{"title":"Measurement of Typic Quartzipsamment Soil Permittivity at Different Depths","authors":"Cristiano Miranda Correia Lima, J. N. Carvalho, Alexandre Fonseca D’Andrea","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317563","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents the characterization of the electrical permittivity of typic quartzipsamment soil, found in the Restinga de Cabedelo National Forest (Cabedelo FLONA). For measurement, a rectangular resonant cavity was constructed, excited by a waveguide iris and the cavity perturbation technique was employed. The 16451B Vector Network Analyzer was used to measure the resonance frequency shift when the cavity is loaded with the material sample. For validation, the coaxial probe technique was used, through Dielectric Probe 85070 software. Results were presented for soils collected at different depths. The results show that the permittivity has small variation with depth, being higher in the shallower layers, with more organic matter. It was also verified a variation of the dielectric loss of the soil with the depth and variable with the frequency, indicating that it is possible to identify soil properties through the measurement of the dielectric properties.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122261441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adonias Luna Pereira da Silva, M. Neto, S. C. Oliveira, G. O. Cavalcanti, E. Fontana
{"title":"A swarm intelligence approach for regression analysis of surface plasmon resonance curves in Otto chips","authors":"Adonias Luna Pereira da Silva, M. Neto, S. C. Oliveira, G. O. Cavalcanti, E. Fontana","doi":"10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMOC43827.2019.9317596","url":null,"abstract":"The use of the Otto configuration, as an alternative to Kretschmann’s, in the constriction of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) sensors is an underdeveloped research area. Recently, a version of an Otto based device, baptized as Otto chip, was manufactured. Regression analysis procedures can be used to help the chip characterization by adjusting parameters of the model reflectance curve. However, as in any classical regression procedure, the initial guess must be close enough to the final solution to avoid convergence to a local minimum. An alternative approach to the classical regression procedure is the use of computational techniques inspired on swarms. Swarm intelligence, as this area of computer science is known, has successfully been used by engineers in various optimization problems. One prominent algorithm is the Particle Swarm optimization (PSO) that stands out for its low computational cost, simplicity of implementation and high efficiency on finding global optimum solutions. This paper describes the use of PSO in regression analysis of experimental SPR curves. It was shown that the PSO technique yields better results when compared with classical regression analysis methods.","PeriodicalId":175865,"journal":{"name":"2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC)","volume":"1 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126014734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}