Microwave signal generation via frequency-sextupling using two cascaded polarization modulators without optical filter

Author

Zihang Zhu ; Shanghong Zhao ; Xuan Li ; Yongjun Li

Author_Institution

Inf. & Navig. Coll., Air Force Eng. Univ., Xi´an, China

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A high spectral purity and stable frequency-sextupled microwave signal generation approach using two cascaded polarization modulators (PolMs) is proposed. By properly adjusting the direction of polarizers, the powers and the phases of the RF driven signals, a frequency-sextupled microwave signal can be obtained without an optical filter. The performance of the signal in terms of optical sidebands suppression ratio (OSSR) and RF spurious suppression ratio (RFSSR) is theoretically analyzed, and the effects of several non-ideal factors on OSSR and RFSSR are also investigated.

Keywords

microwave generation; modulators; optical filters; signal generators; OSSR; PolMs; RF spurious suppression ratio; RFSSR; frequency sextupled microwave signal; frequency sextupled microwave signal generation; frequency sextupling; microwave signal generation; optical filter; optical sidebands suppression ratio; polarization modulators; spectral purity; two cascaded polarization modulators; Amplitude modulation; Frequency modulation; Microwave communication; Microwave filters; Optical filters; Radio frequency; frequency-sextupled; microwave signal generation; optical sideband suppression ratio (OSSR); polarization modulator (PolM); radio frequency spurious suppression ratio (RFSSR);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2015 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOCN.2015.7203700

Filename

7203700