S. Pinna, S. Maresca, F. Laghezza, L. Lembo, P. Ghelfi
{"title":"Photonics in radar networks","authors":"S. Pinna, S. Maresca, F. Laghezza, L. Lembo, P. Ghelfi","doi":"10.1049/SBRA516E_CH6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA516E_CH6","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter, we discuss the advantages of exploiting photonic techniques in radar networks. More in detail, we first review the specific requirements of radar networks, focusing in particular on the coherence requested to the radar signals at the different network nodes. Then, we discuss the potentials of using photonics for distributing synchronization signals through optical fibers in distributed radar networks. Finally, we concentrate on the most performing radar network architecture, namely the centralized radar network, to report very recent experimental results enabled by photonics, and analyze the potential of a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) processing approach in a radar network with widely separated antennas.","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134450919","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}
{"title":"Photonics-based radars","authors":"F. Scotti, P. Ghelfi, A. Bogoni","doi":"10.1049/SBRA516E_CH4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA516E_CH4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130908139","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}
{"title":"Electronic warfare systems and their current issues","authors":"Maurizio Gemma, A. Tafuto, M. Bartocci, D. Onori","doi":"10.1049/SBRA516E_CH2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA516E_CH2","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter reviews the concepts and current implementations of electronic warfare (EW) systems. Following a logical categorization, the systems realizing electronic support, attack, and protection are taken into account, highlighting for each of them the peculiar strengths as well as the open issues.","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123635823","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}
{"title":"Photonics in electronic warfare systems","authors":"D. Onori, P. Ghelfi","doi":"10.1049/SBRA516E_CH7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA516E_CH7","url":null,"abstract":"in this chapter discusses the requirements for electronic warfare (EW) systems, the current solutions based on standard electronic technologies, and their limits. Here, we analyze what photonics can implement in this field. In fact, this chapter takes into account the several photonics-based solutions proposed so far for the electronic warfare. In particular, these solutions focus on the following applications: microwave photonic links (MPLs), instantaneous frequency measurement (IFM) systems, channelized receivers, and scanning receivers. In the case of the scanning receiver, we also report on a field trial run in a naval scenario. It is worth underlining here that most of the photonics-based solutions proposed so far are still at the level of research results. In fact, in order for photonics to be a serious contender in radio-frequency (RF) systems, it needs to demonstrate either a quantum leap in performance or completely new capabilities in comparison with digital electronics. As can be read in the examples below, several photonicsbased solutions are coming close to this point. The reader can therefore find in the following the seeds of what we expect to see soon in the real application fields.","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133081295","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}
Antonella Bogoni, Paolo Ghelfi, Francesco Laghezza
{"title":"Conclusions","authors":"Antonella Bogoni, Paolo Ghelfi, Francesco Laghezza","doi":"10.1049/sbra516e_ch9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/sbra516e_ch9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"224 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115523100","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}
{"title":"Issues on current radar systems","authors":"F. Berizzi, A. Capria, E. Giusti, A. L. Saverino","doi":"10.1049/SBRA516E_CH1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA516E_CH1","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter presents an overview of radar systems and their main applications that have pushed radar toward new paradigms and system concepts. In particular, the chapter discusses the basic theory and concepts behind a classical radar system. The basic radar nomenclature and architecture are summarized in brief, and a summary of the main radar functionalities and applications is given. This is followed by the new challenges that modern radar systems are facing, with special emphasis on a high degree of adaptability to the environment and the capacity to cooperate in a network. Such new features are meant to enhance the radar performance in terms of detection, tracking, and automatic target recognition in a dynamic environment and to enable a radar system to be able to handle several tasks by managing its resources autonomously and intelligently.","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132045125","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}
{"title":"Radar networks","authors":"C. Noviello, P. Braca, S. Maresca","doi":"10.1049/sbra516e_ch5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/sbra516e_ch5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123563834","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}
{"title":"Past and future of radars and EW systems: an industrial perspective","authors":"A. Farina","doi":"10.1049/SBRA516E_CH8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA516E_CH8","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter focuses on the past, present, and future of photonics technology in RAdio Detection And Ranging (RADAR) and electronic support measures (ESM) systems. With respect to what has been presented in the other chapters, here we add comments from an industrial point of view on few additional functions enabled by photonics, namely the optical processors and the quantum radars. We start with “the operational needs” of wide (may be as wide as a country territory) surveillance critical infrastructures. These will include the dual-use surveillance too: for example, the humanitarian needs related to the immigration across the Mediterranean Sea. Due to the relevance of these operational needs, the interdisciplinary nature of the technical approach has to be encouraged. The collaboration should be fostered between industry, university, governmental and legal organizations, and the users (indeed all the stakeholders involved in the management of these complex critical infrastructures), which contribute to establish and refine the operational needs.","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"15 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121020397","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}
{"title":"Microwave photonic concepts and functionalities","authors":"M. Dispenza, L. Pierno, P. Ghelfi, A. Bogoni","doi":"10.1049/SBRA516E_CH3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA516E_CH3","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter, we introduce the principal concepts and functionalities that photonics can bring in the microwave systems. The discussion will focus in particular on the application of photonics to radars and to electronic warfare (EW) systems. The analysis will compare the performance of several standard microwave subsystems with the latest results obtained by using photonics, either coming from the research labs or, where available, from the pioneering microwave photonics industry. The potentials of photonics in improving the performance with respect to the standard approaches are stated. Moreover, several novel peculiar possibilities that photonics can enable are highlighted. In order to be fruitful to the largest technical audience, the analysis will avoid discussing the photonic solutions in deep details, which would require the experience of a photonic specialist to be fully understood. Nevertheless, the descriptions will let the reader getting the main concepts, and the reported numbers will allow a direct comparison with the standard microwave system counterparts. For those who will be willing to reach a deeper insight, several references are provided. After an introductory paragraph on the general benefits brought about by photonics, this chapter takes into account the basic functionalities of microwave systems: the generation and detection of the microwave signal, its transmission and distribution, the signal conditioning for the beamforming function in phased array antennas (PAAs), and the signal filtering. The potentials coming from the integration of photonics are also discussed in a dedicated paragraph. Finally, the main points raised in this analysis are summarized.","PeriodicalId":213277,"journal":{"name":"Photonics for Radar Networks and Electronic Warfare Systems","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128027099","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}