Interference and frequency-to-time mapping based high anti-jamming and anti-interception frequency hopping receiving

We have proposed an interference and frequency-to-time mapping based high anti-jamming and anti-interception frequency hopping receiving scheme. By changing the delay difference between the interference arms through high-speed switchable delay lines and using electrooptical sampling, fast and large-range frequency hopping signals can be received. Benefited from the high shaping resolution for using the interference as the spectral shaping method, more receiving passbands in high frequency bands can be available to enhance the anti jamming and anti-interception performance. By fast pulse shaping through switchable delay lines, the bandwidth of the electric end, the sampling rate, and the number of frequencies in the frequency hopping pattern are decoupled, and the bandwidth of the electric end can be reduced to improve the receiving selectivity. In experiments, the signal hopping from 15.2 GHz to 35.4 GHz with the switching time up to that of the used optical switch is received. Utilizing a switchable delay line in the interference arm with the tuning step of 2.5 ps, eight available receiving passbands within 25 GHz to 42 GHz are generated. The receiving selectivity is also improved from 18.3 to 43.7 in terms of Q factor by decreasing the electric end's bandwidth in experiments. (C) 2021 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement