• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 23, Issue 2, 020602 (2025)
Huatao Zhu1, Xiangming Xu1,*, Zhanqi Liu1, and Jie Zhang2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Information and Communication, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430010, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Information Photonic and Optical Communication, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202523.020602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Huatao Zhu, Xiangming Xu, Zhanqi Liu, Jie Zhang, "Integrated optical covert sensing and communication," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 020602 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is the most natural optical carrier for covertly conveying messages in the photonic layer and simultaneously serves as a typical optical carrier in optical sensors. Here, an innovative scheme for integrating covert sensing and communication based on ASE light is proposed and demonstrated through a proof-of-concept experiment. The optical covert sensor, based on a Sagnac structure, detects the location of vibration by searching the null frequency in the spectrum. The experimental results show that the impact of covert sensing on covert communication is negligible, and the bit error rate (BER) performance verifies the feasibility of the integration of optical covert sensing and communication. It may be used in the metropolitan area optical network.
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    P(t)=P02{1cos[ΔΨ+φ(tτ1)φ(tτ2)]}+1(2π)2exp[j(ωω)t+φ(ω)φ(ω)]Nsp(ω)Nsp(ω)dωdω=P02{1+sin[φ0sin(ωstωsτ1)φ0sin(ωstωsτ2)]}+1(2π)2exp[j(ωω)t+φ(ω)φ(ω)]Nsp(ω)Nsp(ω)dωdω,

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    PAC(t)P0φ0cos[ωstωs(τ1+τ2)/2]sin[ωs(τ1τ2)/2].

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    ωs(τ1τ2)2=Nπ,N=1,2,3,

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    fnull=ωnull2π=Ncn(L2R1),

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