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Photonic Microwave Up-Conversion Link With Compensation of Chromatic Dispersion-Induced Power Fading

An effective scheme of frequency doubling up-conversion is proposed and demonstrated, which achieves the generation of high-frequency microwave signal and the compensation of chromatic dispersion-induced power fading (CDIPF). The system structure is based on a cascading of a Sagnac loop and a Mach-Z...

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Published in:IEEE photonics journal 2019-08, Vol.11 (4), p.1-10
Main Authors: Chen, Dan, Shang, Tao, Liu, Xiongchao, Li, Gufeng, Zhang, Yinling
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Language:English
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Summary:An effective scheme of frequency doubling up-conversion is proposed and demonstrated, which achieves the generation of high-frequency microwave signal and the compensation of chromatic dispersion-induced power fading (CDIPF). The system structure is based on a cascading of a Sagnac loop and a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), where a phase modulator is used in the Sagnac loop. In the loop, only the clockwise propagating light wave is modulated by a small local oscillator signal, leaving the counter-clockwise propagating light wave unmodulated because of the velocity mismatch. The output signal is divided into two parts, one traveling into an MZM and the other entering an optical phase shifter. The intermediate frequency signal is supplied to the MZM, which is biased at its minimum point and then the carrier-suppressed double sideband is achieved. With the adjustment of the optical phase shift, the CDIPF can be compensated at any frequency. In the simulation, by comparing the frequency responses of the proposed link with and without dispersion compensation, we successfully demonstrate the performance of power fading compensation for 60- and 80-km link. Consequently, the spurious-free dynamic range is effectively improved by 13.54 dB at 22.6 GHz for 60-km link.
ISSN:1943-0655
1943-0655
1943-0647
DOI:10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2928031