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Passive frequency comb generation at radiofrequency for ranging applications

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  • Hussein M. E. Hussein

    (Northeastern University
    Institute of NanoSystems Innovation)

  • Seunghwi Kim

    (City University of New York)

  • Matteo Rinaldi

    (Northeastern University
    Institute of NanoSystems Innovation)

  • Andrea Alù

    (City University of New York
    City University of New York)

  • Cristian Cassella

    (Northeastern University
    Institute of NanoSystems Innovation)

Abstract

Optical frequency combs, featuring evenly spaced spectral lines, have been extensively studied and applied to metrology, signal processing, and sensing. Recently, frequency comb generation has been also extended to MHz frequencies by harnessing nonlinearities in microelectromechanical membranes. However, the generation of frequency combs at radio frequencies (RF) has been less explored, together with their potential application in wireless technologies. In this work, we demonstrate an RF system able to wirelessly and passively generate frequency combs. This circuit, which we name quasi-harmonic tag (qHT), offers a battery-free solution for far-field ranging of unmanned vehicles (UVs) in GPS-denied settings, and it enables a strong immunity to multipath interference, providing better accuracy than other RF approaches to far-field ranging. Here, we discuss the principle of operation, design, implementation, and performance of qHTs used to remotely measure the azimuthal distance of a UV flying in an uncontrolled electromagnetic environment. We show that qHTs can wirelessly generate frequency combs with μWatt-levels of incident power by leveraging the nonlinear interaction between an RF parametric oscillator and a high quality factor piezoelectric microacoustic resonator. Our technique for frequency comb generation opens new avenues for a wide range of RF applications beyond ranging, including timing, computing and sensing.

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  • Hussein M. E. Hussein & Seunghwi Kim & Matteo Rinaldi & Andrea Alù & Cristian Cassella, 2024. "Passive frequency comb generation at radiofrequency for ranging applications," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-46940-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46940-2
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