星间微波光子链路调制方式的优化

针对外调制星间微波光子链路输出信噪比优化问题,建立了基于双电极马赫 曾德尔调制器的强度调制直接探测星间微波光子链路模型,通过优化调制器调制方式来提高链路性能。用数值模拟方法得到了单边带、双边带和推挽式3种调制方式下链路输出信噪比,利用曲面投影法求得了最优调制方式时一定信噪比要求下发射端所需最小光放大器增益和对应的调制器直流偏置相位。结果表明:相同输入射频信号功率和发射光功率情况下,双边带调制输出信噪比比单边带调制高3 dB,低直流偏置相位推挽调制可以进一步优化输出信噪比。输入射频信号功率为-20 dBm,输出信噪比为17.3 dB时,所需最小光放大器增益为43.9 dB,对应的直流偏置相位为0.87。     

交调失真影响下星间微波光子链路接收灵敏度优化

高输入信号功率时的交调失真是降低星间微波光子链路接收灵敏度的主要因素。考虑输入N路四相相移键控(QPSK)调制信号的情形,建立了强度调制/直接检测(IM/DD)星间微波光子链路模型。利用傅里叶级数展开、傅里叶变换/逆傅里叶变换和Graf加法定理,推导出了接收信号任意谐波和交调分量的解析表达式,在确定三阶交调失真个数的基础上,得到了接收光功率与信号噪声失真比(SNDR)之间的关系。着重分析了不同调制方式下链路接收灵敏度与信道数和调制系数之间的关系。当调制系数较小时,接收灵敏度对信道数变化不敏感。随着调制系数的增大,接收灵敏度先增大后减小,存在最佳的调制系数可以使链路接收灵敏度最高。     

一种用于预失真线性化器的宽带匹配技术

由于放大链路的增益波动以及不同频点之间非线性特性的差异,预失真器难以在不同的频点同时实现非线性特性匹配,即令整个频带内不同频点的线性度指标同时满足要求。由于预失真器和放大器之间的非线性失配,放大器在某些频点的非线性特性还会恶化。本文从线性化器与预失真器的宽带匹配出发,讨论了预失真线性化器与行波管放大器宽带匹配的条件以及非线性失配所带来的影响,当增益失配误差不大于1 dB时,在行波管放大器自身的三阶交调值不大于40 dB的非线性动态范围内,三阶交调下降幅度最大值为4.1 dB;通过采用级联增益补偿电路的方式,降低链路增益波动,实现预失真器和放大器的非线性匹配,真正拓展预失真线性化器的工作带宽。     

微弱光信号检测电路的实现

为将微弱光信号有效地转换为电信号以方便后级电路处理,设计了微弱光信号检测电路。电路由光电转换和前置放大两部分组成。光电转换电路采用低输入偏置电流运算放大器AD 549实现;前置放大电路使用对称三极管组成的对数比率放大电路实现,并在同等条件下与集成电路LOG 100组成的前置放大电路相比较。实际测量表明,该放大电路设计可有效放大低于1 nW的微弱输入信号,同时对噪声也有很强的抑制作用,而由LOG 100组成的电路对噪声的抑制能力明显衰减。     

光放大器对光载微波信号传输效率的改善

针对现有微波光传输系统存在电光转换效率不足的问题,本文设计了一种基于调制器低偏与光放大器相结合的光发射结构,通过充分利用链路增益与光功率水平之间的平方关系以及低偏链路传输效率与光功率呈近似线性变化的特点,实现了光载微波信号传输效率的有效提升。经过测试可知,本方案较常规正交点传输方式在射频增益方面提高了13.5 dB,同时不会使噪声系数产生明显恶化,并且本方案可以采用现成产品以实现低成本制作,在电子信息装备中具有广泛的应用潜力。     

双向掺铒光纤放大器的特性分析

讨论了双向掺铒光纤放大器的结构方案,利用考虑放大的自发辐和北员耗影响的双向掺铒光纤放大器稳态放大速率方程模型分析的增益与掺铒光纤长度、输入信号光功率、帛运光功率及抽运方式等参数之间的关系,研究了单向和双向等功率抽运下正反向噪声系数随正反向信号光输入功率的变化行为。     

微波光子信道化链路非线性失真的数字补偿方法

微波光子信道化链路的线性度主要受信道内的交调失真和信道间的互调失真的限制。本文提出了一种基于数字域迭代的非线性失真补偿方法，对各个信道输出的中频信号在数字域进行联合处理，通过迭代不断逼近线性化的理想结果，能够同时有效抑制信道化链路中的交调失真和互调失真。仿真结果表明，在参数无偏差的情况下，该方法可以完全抑制信道内的交调失真和信道间的互调失真；在参数偏差为5%的情况下，仍可以将三阶交调失真和互调失真分别抑制15 dB和16 dB。     

半导体光放大器非线性失真特性实验研究

对半导体光放大器（SOA）用于1 310 nm残留边带幅度调制（AM-VSB）视频光信号放大时的非线性失真特性进行了实验研究.分析了非线性失真机理.给出了当输入光信号波长位于SOA增益谱下降沿且输入光信号功率较大时,SOA所引入的非线性失真主要由其增益随输入光信号功率变化而波动所造成的结论和对应表达式.提出了减小非线性失真的方法.设计了适合于AM-VSB视频光信号放大的SOA并用于有线电视（CATV）系统实验.研究结果表明,在300 mA的工作电流下,SOA在载频647.25 MHz处引入的组合二阶互调失真（CSO）在－42 dB～－38 dB之间,并随输入光信号功率的增加而变大.     

星地微波光传输链路分析

根据星地大容量通信发展需求,研究了基于微波空间光传输技术的星地激光通信链路。在建立星地微波光传输链路模型的基础上,分析了链路光功率衰减、输出微波信号、噪声功率以及在大气湍流信道下系统的误码率。仿真分析了调制器直流偏置电压大小对链路输出信噪比和误码率的影响,结果表明,相对于通常的正交偏置工作点,通过优化控制直流偏置点的位置,可以提高链路输出信噪比和误码率,这种改善程度随着调制系数的减小而增大。该研究为建立星地微波光传输系统提供了有益参考。     

包含两个半导体光放大器的锁模光纤环形激光器数值研究

采用自再现理论,对一种包含两个半导体光放大器的锁模光纤环形激光器进行了数值研究.研究结果表明：为了提高谐波锁模输出脉冲的质量,调制半导体光放大器应当保持高直流偏置,对自发辐射信号进行调制并提供锁模脉冲克服腔损耗所需的增益,而此时的增益半导体光放大器则被低直流偏置充当增益补偿器维持较窄的净增益窗口;与之相反,为了获得振幅均衡的有理数谐波锁模输出脉冲,调制半导体光放大器则应当偏置在较低的电流上,而增益半导体光放大器应当保持较高的偏置电流以提供足够的常量增益克服腔损耗.此外,还必须提高注入光信号的峰值功率.     

Microwave Photonic Link with Carrier Suppression for Increased Dynamic Range

Theoretical analysis and experimental investigation of microwave photonic links with bias-shifted Mach-Zehnder modulators are presented. An optical amplifier is used to increase link gain and reduce noise figure. The combination of modulator bias shift away from quadrature and optical amplification reduces the link noise figure by more than 15 dB. For modulation frequencies from 2 to 18 GHz, the third-order limited spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR3) of these links is greater than 120 dB, normalized to a 1-Hz bandwidth. Conventional links based on Mach-Zehnder modulators are limited to SFDR3 values of approximately 110 dB, normalized to a 1-Hz bandwidth. This level of performance is achieved without electronic or optical linearization.     

A generalized time-domain model for nonlinear inter-satellite microwave photonics links under dual-tone modulation

A generalized time-domain model is presented for the evaluation of nonlinear distortion effects in inter-satellite microwave photonics links using a dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DD-MZM) under dual-tone modulation. The model results in simple exact expressions for any harmonic and inter-modulation components at the output of the detector which can be applied to almost all operating conditions of DD-MZM, providing useful information to select system parameters for the performance optimization. Two special cases, double sideband and single sideband modulation, are studied in detail. Numerical results for the third-order inter-modulation distortion ratio (IMR3) are well matched with the analysis ones.     

高场核磁共振波谱仪宽带前置放大器的研制

宽带前置放大器是磁共振仪器的重要部件,其性能决定了整个仪器X核通道的检测灵敏度. 根据射频电路理论以及磁共振波谱仪整体性能指标的要求,设计并实现了可应用于高场核磁共振波谱仪的高性能宽带前置放大器. 实测结果表明,所研制的核磁共振波谱仪宽带前置放大器在15 MHz~300 MHz频率范围内,其工作性能达到：带内增益>38 dB,带内平坦度<1.5 dB,噪声系数基本保持在1.2 dB以下,射频开关切换时间<1.5 μs,具有带内增益平坦度高,噪声系数小,发射状态下放大器前端保护电路隔离度高,以及工作状态检测电路准确、简洁的特点. 同时高场核磁共振碳和磷等杂核实验显示,利用所研制的宽带前置放大器可检测到具有较高信噪比的NMR信号.     

双音调制下星上微波光子系统的交调失真分析

马赫-曾德尔调制器的非线性会严重恶化星上微波光子系统的性能。建立了包括光源、马赫-曾德尔调制器和光电探测器的双音调制理论模型,利用傅里叶级数展开、傅里叶变换和Gegenbauer加法定理,推导出了调制器非线性失真的严格通用解析解。根据该解析解,可精确地预计不同调制方式下星上微波光子系统的非线性失真,优化系统性能。分析结果表明,双边带和单边带调制条件下,将调制器输出信号保留至二次谐波能较好地近似计算三阶交调失真比和三阶交调截点,三阶交调失真比随调制系数的增大先增大后减小。当调制系数小于1.4674时,单边带调制三阶交调失真比至少比双边带调制小6dB,适合于星上微波光子系统的应用。     

Power budget improvement for long-haul WDM transmission with optimum placement of SOAs

Sufficient power margin is investigated for ten-channels WDM transmission over 68,908 km by using cascaded in-line semiconductor optical amplifier for the differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) modulation format for the first time. For this, we used the structural optimization and placement scheme of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) for long-haul WDM transmission. The SOA model for in-line amplifier has low crosstalk, ASE noise power and low noise figure with sufficient gain. The impact of noise figure, amplification factor, ASE noise power, optical gain and crosstalk with signal input power for the SOA model has been illustrated, which shows that 400 mA is the optimum bias current.

We observed that the optimized optical filter bandwidth for the 100 GHz channel spacing is 0.4 nm. We observe that as we decrease the channel spacing, the quality of signal is degraded. We show that the optimum span scheme-1 is used up to a transmission distance of 68,908 km with good quality for power margin more than 24 dB. This placement scheme of SOAs shows good power budget for long transmission distance. We show the optical spectrum and clear eye diagram at the transmission distance of 68,908 km for optimum span schemes. Finally, we investigate the maximum transmission distance with decrease in channel spacing, i.e., 20 and 50 GHz.     

An approach to enhance the receiver sensitivity with SOA for optical communication systems

In this paper, we investigate an SOA (semiconductor optical amplifier) preamplifier structure by optimizing the carrier lifetime in order to reduce the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise and crosstalk, with adequate gain increase. This proposed SOA optical preamplifier has no need of optical alignment and antireflection coating. This structure of SOA eliminates the need of optical filter, and exhibits large tolerance to the input light wavelength. The receiver sensitivity is investigated for single and multi channel transmission links. The received power of − 50.34 dBm is observed at bit error rate (BER) 10^− 12 for 10 Gb/s with PIN receiver. Further, the impact of gain, amplified spontaneous emission power and gain variation for different carrier lifetime with input power for OOK system is illustrated. The proposed SOA has constant gain of 30.06 dB up to gain saturation for carrier lifetime 0.18 ns. It is predicted that low value of carrier lifetime suffers less from ASE noise.     

Hybrid flat gain C-band optical amplifier with Zr-based erbium-doped fiber and semiconductor optical amplifier

An efficient gain-flattened C-band optical amplifier is demonstrated using a hybrid configuration with a Zirconia-based Erbium-doped fibre (Zr-EDF) and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The amplifier utilizes a two-stage structure with a midway isolator to improve flat gain characteristic and reduce noise figure. At input signal power of −30 dBm, a flat gain of 28 dB is obtained from wavelength region of 1530 to 1560 nm with gain variation of less than 4 dB. The noise figure is maintained below 11 dB at the flat-gain region. This amplifier has the potential to be used in the high channel count dense wavelength division multiplexing system due to its simplicity and compact design.