Photonically Assisted Microwave Signal Generation Based on Two Cascaded Polarization Modulators With a Tunable Multiplication Factor

被引:35
作者
Zhu, Zihang [1 ]
Zhao, Shanghong [1 ]
Tan, Qinggui [2 ]
Liang, Dong [2 ]
Li, Xuan [1 ]
Qu, Kun [1 ]
机构
[1] Air Force Engn Univ, Informat & Nav Coll, Xian 710077, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Space Technol CAST, Key Lab Sci Technol Space Microwave, Xian 710100, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Microwave photonic; series connected polarization modulators (PolMs); spurious sideband suppression; MILLIMETER-WAVE GENERATION; OPTICAL-PHASE MODULATOR; OPTOELECTRONIC OSCILLATOR; FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; FILTER;
D O I
10.1109/TMTT.2016.2604819
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Filterless photonic generation of microwave signals with various frequency multiplication factors via series connected polarization modulators is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Frequency octupling, sextupling, or quadrupling microwave signal can be obtained when the polarization state of the light wave, the modulation indices of the modulators, and the phase of the radio frequency (RF) driving signal are suitably set. The optical sideband suppression ratios and RF spurious suppression ratios of the generated frequency multiplication signals are measured. Besides, the frequency-tunable ability and phase noise are analyzed.
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页码:3748 / 3756
页数:9
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