Tunable and wideband microwave photonic phase shifter based on a single-sideband polarization modulator and a polarizer

被引：132
作者：
Pan, Shilong [1 ]
Zhang, Yamei [1 ]
机构：
[1] Nanjing Univ Aeronaut & Astronaut, Coll Elect & Informat Engn, Microwave Photon Res Lab, Nanjing 210016, Peoples R China
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 37卷 / 21期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.37.004483
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A novel microwave photonic phase shifter based on a single-sideband (SSB) polarization modulator (PolM) and a polarizer is proposed and demonstrated. In the SSB-PolM, two SSB intensity-modulated signals with a phase difference of p along two orthogonal polarization directions are generated. With the polarizer to combine the two signals, the phase of the optical microwave signal can be tuned from -180 to 180 deg by simply adjusting the polarization direction of the polarizer, whereas the amplitude keeps unchanged. An experiment is carried out. A full-range tunable phase shift in the frequency range of 11-43 GHz is achieved. The flat power response, power independent operation, and high stability of the proposed microwave photonic phase shifter is also confirmed. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America
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页码：4483 / 4485
页数：3
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