A novel reconfigurable ultra-broadband millimeter-wave photonic harmonic down-converter

Author

Pang, Xiaodan ; Zhao, Ying ; Deng, Lei ; Yu, Xianbin ; Monroy, Idelfonso Tafur

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2011

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

397

Lastpage

400

Abstract

We propose a novel ultra-broadband reconfigurable photonic harmonic mixer functioning as a millimeter-wave down-converter for multigigabit wireless applications. Based on frequency conversion implemented by an optical frequency comb generator, the photonic mixer is able to operate up to 100GHz without high frequency RF components. The feasibility of the approach is experimentally validated by down-converting an up to 5Gbps fiber-wireless quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) signal from W-band (102.5GHz) to S-band (2.5GHz). The frequency response and the conversion efficiency are investigated. The experimental results show that the bandwidth of the proposed mixer is highly reconfigurable by adjusting the frequency comb generator.

Keywords

frequency response; microwave photonics; millimetre wave frequency convertors; millimetre wave mixers; optical frequency conversion; quadrature phase shift keying; radio-over-fibre; QPSK signal; S-band; W-band; bit rate 5 Gbit/s; conversion efficiency; down-conversion; fiber-wireless quadrature phase shift keying signal; frequency 102.5 GHz; frequency 2.5 GHz; frequency conversion; frequency response; high frequency RF components; millimeter-wave down-converter; multigigabit wireless applications; optical frequency comb generator; photonic mixer; reconfigurable ultra-broadband millimeter-wave photonic harmonic down-converter; ultra-broadband reconfigurable photonic harmonic mixer; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Radio frequency; Microwave photonics; fiber wireless communication; harmonic mixer; radio-over-fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2011 International Topical Meeting on & Microwave Photonics Conference, 2011 Asia-Pacific, MWP/APMP

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-716-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2011.6088755

Filename

6088755