基于外调制器的可控八倍频光载毫米波生成技术研究

采用了二加一的结构,提出了一种基于三并联集成马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM)、可应用于毫米波光载无线通信(RoF)系统的新型高质量八倍频光载毫米波信号生成方案。该方案通过利用两个子马赫-曾德尔调制器(subMZMs)间射频(RF)驱动信号的电相位差为90来很好地消除两种冗余边带,再使用第三个子马赫-曾德尔调制器(sub-MZM)的偏压调整来获取最佳信号。仿真结果表明在不采用任何光或电滤波器的情况下,常规消光比(30dB)时,射频杂散抑制比(RFSSR)可以达到38.3315dB。而在理想消光比(100dB)时,光边带抑制比(OSSR)最高可达61.22878dB。该方案在理想和常规消光比下均能得到高质量的毫米波信号。     

基于双平行马赫-曾德尔调制器的光子倍频毫米波生成的研究

基于外调制器的光子毫米波生成技术具有频率调谐范围大、结构简单、稳定性强和信号频率纯度高等优点,被认为是实现高频宽带可调毫米波信号产生的有效解决方法。对基于一种双平行马赫-曾德尔调制器(DPMZM)的光子倍频毫米波生成技术进行系统的理论分析,给出了实现四倍频、六倍频、八倍频毫米波产生的参数条件,在此基础上提出了一种不需要利用电相移器和光滤波器的四倍频毫米波产生方案,讨论了DPMZM消光比和调制深度对光子倍频毫米波生成的影响。     

基于级联DMZM的24倍频ROF系统

为提高光载无线（radio over fiber,ROF）中光生毫米波的倍频系数及降低系统的复杂度，提出了一种基于级联双驱动马赫曾德尔调制器（dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator,DMZM）与高非线性光纤（highly nonlinear fiber,HNLF）相结合的24倍频毫米波光载无线通信系统；通过调节参数使两个调制器均工作在最大偏置点，产生频谱纯净的四阶光边带，采用单边带调制的方式将数据信号加载到4阶边带而后两边带耦合传输，经过HNLF的四波混频效应后滤波得到12阶光边带，最终由光电探测器（photo detector,PD）拍频生成高质量的24倍频毫米波信号。此外，分析了HNLF的长度、入纤光功率以及标准线性光纤对系统性能的影响，仿真结果表明，当系统处于无差错传输时，背靠背（back-to-back,BTB）传输与经30 km光纤传输后的功率代价为2.5 dB。该方案结构简单、成本低廉、倍频系数高，为微波光子学的发展提供了一种新途径。     

一种改进的生成四倍频光毫米波的传输方案

针对光载无线通信系统中并联双驱动马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM)的四倍频方案产生功率周期性衰落效应,以及传输距离短的不足,提出了一种改进的抑制双边带调制产生光毫米波方案。首先在并联MZM后用波分复用(WDM)分离抑制双边带信号的两个边带,将基带信号调制到下边带,再与未调信号耦合后产生光毫米波,最后传输至加入前置补偿的光纤链路中。用optisystem7.0软件对改进方案进行了仿真,结果表明用此类结构不仅能得到高纯度的四倍频光毫米波,还可以消除上述的效应,实现了更长距离、更佳性能的传输。     

基于光载波抑制调制的可调谐高倍频毫米波信号发生器

提出了一种基于改进的光载波抑制调制方式的光学生成高倍频可调谐毫米波的方案.该方案利用均匀光纤光栅型声光可调谐滤波器选取光载波抑制信号中的两个边带分量进行拍频,实现高倍频且倍频因子可调的毫米波信号的生成.为避免色散所致的码元时移效应,将基带数据信号仅调制到光载波抑制信号的一个边带分量上.仿真验证了倍频因子分别为2,6,10,14,18和22的毫米波信号的生成.另外,对22倍频下的光载无线电系统的链路性能进行了仿真分析,毫米波信号在调制2Gbit/s的非归零码型数据信号经50km的光纤传输后,系统的眼图仍保持良好的睁开度,链路的功率代价仅为0.4dB.系统具有良好的传输性能,可以满足通信系统的需求.     

基于级联MZ M倍频系数可调高频微波信号光 产生方法

理论分析了在不改变光滤波器的条件下,通过设置级联马赫曾德尔调制器的直流偏置点和调制指数,实现最小光边带抑制比和最小杂散抑制比分别为45.48dB和39.46dB,倍频系数为2k(k=1,2,…,6)的高频微波信号产生.在此基础上,分析了马赫曾德尔调制器直流偏置点、射频调制信号幅度和初始相位差等因素变化对边带选取性能的影响,并进行了相应的仿真实验,实验结果验证了该方法的可行性和有效性.     

承载正交频分复用信号的58GHz光载毫米波波分复用光纤无线通信系统

实验研究了一种采用马赫-曾德尔强度调制器和光交叉复用器(IL)产生58 GHz光载毫米波传输正交频分复用(OFDM)信号的波分复用光纤无线通信(WDM-ROF)系统。中心站的4路连续光波耦合后输入射频(RF)信号频率为29 GHz的强度调制器进行双边带(DSB)调制,再用另一个强度调制器将2.5 Gb/s的OFDM信号调制到DSB信号上。经20 km单模光纤(SMF)传输至基站,通过IL将中心载波和一阶边带分离。经可调谐光滤波器(TOF)滤取所需信道的一阶边带,由高速光电检测器产生58 GHz的电毫米波,利用相干解调恢复下行OFDM基带数据信号。实验结果表明,在无色散补偿和误码率为10-3的条件下,下行OFDM信号经光纤传输20 km后的功率代价小于0.5 dB,而且星座图依然清晰。     

一种倍频因子及输出相位连续可调的微波光子移相系统

提出一种倍频因子连续可调,且相位连续变化的微波光子移相系统.系统主要由两个集成双偏振双平行马赫增德尔调制器组成,在不使用光滤波器的情况下,调节双平行马赫曾德尔调制器及相位调制器的射频驱动和直流偏置电压,生成二倍频,三倍频,…,六倍频微波信号,同时实现输出微波信号相位0～360°连续可调.仿真结果表明,当射频信号频率为10GHz时,可分别产生频率为20、30、40、50、60GHz的微波信号.调节相位调制器的直流偏置电压与半波电压比值从-1到1变化时,对应微波信号的相位从-180°到180°变化.此外,分析了调制器消光比对输出微波信号光载波抑制比和电杂散抑制比的影响,以及90°电桥相位平衡对微波信号相位漂移和幅度波动的影响.     

基于双通道马赫曾德尔调制器调制边带滤波的微波光子移相器

提出了一种基于双通道马赫曾德尔调制器(DPMZM)调制边带滤波的微波光子移相器。在双通道马赫曾德尔调制器的结构中,在一路马赫曾德尔干涉仪上实现抑制光载波的双边带调制输出,而在另一路马赫曾德尔的相位调节臂上通过调节偏置电压实现光载波信号的光学移相,两路光信号经过干涉合路后由光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)滤除其中一个一阶边带,最后输入到光电探测器(PD)进行光电转换得到移相的微波信号。实验结果表明,基于DPMZM调制边带滤波的微波光子移相器具有传输特性稳定、输出幅度波动小的优点。该结构还具有相移调节响应速度快、应用频带宽以及移相范围大于360°等特点。     

基于外调制器的全双工无线信号光传输系统

提出了一种基于双平行马赫 增德尔调制器的全双工矢量信号传输系统。传统的光学倍频技术只适用于NRZ (not return to zero) 等强度调制格式,而不适用于无线通信中常用的MPSK、MQAM等矢量信号调制技术,用传统的倍频技术生成光毫米波后,用滤波器将其2个边带分开,在其中一个边带上调制矢量信号,这样幅度和相位信息被正确保留,且使用了8倍频模块,降低了传输过程中对光电器件的带宽要求。理论分析和仿真结果表明:通过此方法产生的携带在60 GHz载波上的625 Msymbol/s的4QPSK信号,经过20 km单模光纤传输后,误差向量幅度损耗可以忽略不计。     

Photon Generation Scheme of 32-Fold Millimeter-Wave Signal Based on Mach-Zehnder Modulator

This paper proposes a 32-tupling frequency millimeter-wave (MMW) filter-free system based on four Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM) connected in parallel and cascaded with a simple radio-fiber (RoF) link structure. The four MZMs are all at the maximum transmission point (MATP), and the radio frequency (RF) driving voltage phase difference between MZMs is π /2. The center carrier is suppressed by using an optical attenuator (OATT) and an optical phase shifter (OPS). Two parallel MZMs can generate ±8th order and ±12th order optical sidebands, and the ±4th order optical sidebands can be suppressed by adjusting the modulation index m of the MZM, using cascaded two dual-parallel MZMS(DPMZM) and the phase difference of the RF signal source is π/4 to generate ±16th order optical sidebands. The theoretical analysis and simulation experiments are performed for the scheme proposed in this paper. The results show that the simulated and theoretical values of the optical sideband suppression ratio (OSSR) for ±16th order optical sideband signals are 60.02 and 59.96 dB, respectively, and the simulated and theoretical values of the RF sideband suppression ratio (RFSSR) for the 32-tupling MMW signal are 56.34 and 53.94 dB, respectively.     

Cost-effective and dispersion-tolerant cascade modulation for millimeter-wave-over-fiber applications

In millimeter-wave-over-fiber (MWoF) feeder systems, the received millimeter-wave signals at the remote antennas (RAs) can suffer from signal fading by chromatic dispersion of optical fiber. This can be substantially mitigated by Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) based photonic up-conversion technique. In this technique, the data signals at intermediate frequency (IF) are frequency up-converted to millimeter-wave frequency by an MZM biased at its transmission null point. However, this scheme requires a costly, high-speed MZM, which will hinder the widespread of this technique for cost-sensitive MWoF applications. Hence, we propose and demonstrate a cost-effective way of reducing the cost of MWoF optical transmitters based on photonic up-conversion technique. We employ a dual wavelength source composed of a directly modulated laser and a polarimetric filter. This source is used to generate a millimeter-wave tone signal and to frequency up-convert the IF data signals to millimeter-wave frequency. The dual wavelength source is also shared with numerous RAs for further cost reduction. Our experimental demonstration performed with 30 Msymbol/s 16-quadrature amplitude modulation signals shows that we can transmit the 20 GHz millimeter-wave signals over 25 km standard single-mode fiber without any transmission penalty.     

A novel frequency sextupling scheme for optical mm-wave generation utilizing an integrated dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator

A novel scheme is proposed for frequency sextupling mm-wave generation based on a laser and an integrated dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) without optical filter. Theoretical analysis is presented to suppress the undesired optical sidebands for the high quality generation of frequency sextupling mm-wave signal. The performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated by simulations. Utilizing the integrated MZM consisted of two sub-MZMs with extinction ratio of 30 dB, the optical sideband suppression ratio (OSSR) is as high as 29.9 dB and the radio frequency spurious suppression ratio (RFSSR) exceeds 24 dB without any optical or electrical filter. The impact of the nonideal RF driven voltage and phase difference of RF driven signal applied to two sub-MZMs of the integrated MZM on OSSR and RFSSR is discussed and analyzed. After transmission over fiber, the generated optical mm-wave signal demonstrates good performance. Furthermore, the performance of two cases for the proposed scheme is also compared.     

High carrier suppression double sideband modulation using polarization state rotation filter and optical external modulator

We propose a high carrier suppression double sideband modulation technique using a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) and an integrated polarization state rotation filter (PSRF), which is designed to improve the carrier suppression ratio. With the functions of MZM and PSRF, about 30 dB carrier suppression ratio relative to first-order sidebands is demonstrated. Moreover, we demonstrate the optical generation of microwave/millimeter-wave signals by beating the carrier suppressed double sideband (DSB-SC) lightwave signals. The experimental results show that the improvement of carrier suppression ratio with PSRF can effectively cancel the modulating RF frequency component. A tunable and high purity microwave signal, which is limited by the bandwidth of MZM and photodetector (PD), is obtained, and it does not suffer from obvious phase noise degradation with 25 km transmission.     

60 GHz millimeter-wave generator based on a frequency-quadrupling feed-forward modulation technique

We propose and analyze a prototype of a 60 GHz millimeter-wave (mm-wave) generator. In the scheme, two lasers with a 70 GHz frequency interval serve as sources. Then a frequency-quadrupling feed-forward modulation technique is employed to generate two phase correlated sidebands with a 60 GHz interval. The desired sidebands can be selected by using standard optical interleavers. In our work, a 60 GHz mm-wave signal free of phase noise can be achieved. The employed technique can also be extended to frequency 8-tupling.     

新型四倍频光生毫米波矢量信号调制技术

提出一种基于双并联马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM)的新型四倍频光生毫米波技术,并用于矢量信号调制。传统的四倍频调制技术,由于数据信号同时调制到+2,-2阶边带上,拍频检测后两个边带上数据信号会产生相位叠加,只适用于不归零码(NRZ)等强度调制格式。提出的矢量信号调制技术将数据信号调制在一个-1阶边带上,另一个+3阶边带不携带数据,在拍频检测后幅度和相位信息被正确保留。同时,四倍频模块降低了传输过程中对电和光器件的带宽需求。理论分析和仿真结果表明,通过此方法产生的携带在60GHz载波上的6.25×108 symbol/s的四相相移键控(QPSK)信号,经过20km单模光纤传输后,误差向量幅度(EVM)损耗可以忽略。     

基于相位调制和光纤双折射光学倍频法

为实现毫米波信号的光学倍频法产生,利用相位调制器和光纤梳状滤波器,构建了光学倍频系统.其中光纤梳状滤波器由起偏器、双折射光纤和检偏器组成.理论分析表明,在该倍频系统中,通过对梳状滤波器双折射延迟量的选择,可有效地抑制非期望的奇次(偶次)谐波成分;通过对调相指数的优化,可进一步提高期望谐波分量的比例.仿真结果说明,利用该...     

基于双平行调制器光毫米的产生与测试

提出了一种光载毫米波产生新方案,采用双平行马赫曾德调制器（DPMZM）,基于线性的光相干技术,产生四倍频的毫米波信号。该技术不需要复杂的电信号处理,以及射频信号的锁相技术,便可产生稳定的毫米波信号。该方法产生的毫米波信号具有频率稳定、抖动小、信噪比高等优点,可以广泛应用于光电器件测试与校准。     

Microwave Frequency Quadrupling Based on Distributed Feedback Laser and a Single Intensity Modulator

In this article, we have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a directly modulated distributed feedback laser (DFB-LD) to generate microwave and millimeter-wave signals. The proposed scheme uses DFB-LD and intensity modulator (IM) biased at null point. A radio frequency (RF) signal from a signal generator is split into two branches and one branch directly modulates the DFB-LD, while the other branch drives the IM. Two second-order sidebands separated by four times the frequency of the input RF signal are generated. Experimental results indicated that we can generate a four-fold microwave signal with a good optical signal to noise ratio.     

A novel optical mm-wave generation scheme based on three parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators

We propose a novel optical mm-wave generation scheme based on three parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) for the first time. First, the scheme is investigated theoretically, which suggests that it can be used for sextupling, 12-tupling, and 18-tupling mm-wave generation. Then simulation results are given, 60 GHz mm-wave is generated from 5 GHz, or 10 GHz RF oscillator based on frequency 12-tupling or sextupling, and 90 GHz mm-wave is generated from 5 GHz RF oscillator based on frequency 18-tupling. The optical sideband suppression ratio (OSSR) and the radio frequency spurious suppression ratio (RFSSR) are analyzed by simulation, in which several non-ideal factors are taken into consideration. Results indicate that all the three mm-wave generation methods are practical and very good performance can be obtained when the extinction ratio of the MZM is 30 dB, even if the extinction ratio of the MZM is 20 dB, the performance is still good, especially for the sextupling mm-wave generation method, whose performance is excellent and insensitive to the extinction ratio of MZM, the non-ideal RF driving voltage and the non-ideal DC bias. At last, we set up a RoF system by simulation to verify the transmission performance of the scheme. The BER performance and eye diagrams are given.