A microwave photonic system with switchable functions based on cascaded polarization modulators

Author

Yamei Zhang ; Fangzheng Zhang ; Shilong Pan

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Radar Imaging & Microwave Photonics, Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

9-10 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A novel scheme based on two cascaded polarization modulators (PolMs) is proposed to implement optical-single-sideband modulation (OSSB) with tunable carrier-to-sideband ratio (OCSR) and a microwave photonic phase shifter. Switching between the two functions can be realized by adjusting the DC bias of the second PolM. An experiment is carried out. OSSB modulated signals with an operation bandwidth from 5 to 35 GHz are achieved and two OSSB modulated signals with tunable OCSRs from -26 to 46 dB and from -25 to 55 dB are demonstrated. When the system is switched to be a microwave photonic phase shifter, a full 360 degree phase tuning range can be realized. The proposed scheme features a compact structure and dual switchable functions, which may find applications in microwave photonics.

Keywords

laser tuning; microwave phase shifters; microwave photonics; optical modulation; optical switches; DC bias adjustment; OCSR; OSSB; PolM; bandwidth 5 GHz to 35 GHz; cascaded polarization modulators; microwave photonic phase shifter; microwave photonic system; optical-single-sideband modulation; phase tuning; switchable functions; tunable carrier-to-sideband ratio; Decision support systems; microwave photonic phase shifter; microwave photonics; optical single-sideband (OSSB) modulation; polarization modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2014 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Suzhou

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOCN.2014.6987117

Filename

6987117