Abstract

Time reversal of broadband microwave signals based on frequency conversion of multiple subbands is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The broadband input spectrum is cut into a number of narrowband subbands, and the center frequency of each subband is reassigned by multi-heterodyne measurement. The input spectrum is inversed, while the time reversal of the temporal waveform is also realized. The equivalence between time reversal and the spectral inversion of the proposed system is verified by mathematical derivation and numerical simulation. Meanwhile, spectral inversion and time reversal of a broadband signal with instantaneous bandwidth larger than 2 GHz are experimentally demonstrated. Our solution shows good potential for integration where no dispersion element is employed in the system. Moreover, this solution for an instantaneous bandwidth larger than 2 GHz is competitive in the processing of broadband microwave signals.

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