The invention discloses a device for optically generating
radar pulse compression signals. The device comprises a
laser, a coding
signal generator, a
microwave signal generator, a polarization
multiplexing double-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator, a direct-current power supply, a photoelectric
detector, a
polarizer and a
polarization controller; and, by utilization of the frequency-shifting characteristic and the
phase modulation characteristic of the polarization
multiplexing double-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator, after being coupled through the
polarizer, polarization orthogonal modulated optical carrier signals and unmodulated optical first-order
sideband signals output by the polarization
multiplexing double-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator are detected through the photoelectric
detector, so that phase coded or linearly frequency-modulated
radar pulse compression signals can be generated. On the basis of the integrated modulator structure, the device disclosed by the invention is simple in
system composition and steady in performance; and, the following disadvantages can be overcome: the traditional manner of generating
pulse compression signals in the electric domain is limited by the rate and the bandwidth of an electronic device; high-frequency signals are generated difficultly or cannot be generated; the time-bandwidth product is limited; the
reconfigurability and the frequency adjustability of the
system are poor, etc.