Title :
Filter-less frequency quadrupling technique for optical millimeter-wave signal generation based on one single-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Hu, Xiaofeng ; Zhang, Liang ; Cao, Pan ; Su, Yikai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
In this paper, a simple technique to realize frequency quadrupling and upconversion in a radio over fiber (RoF) link is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The frequency quadrupling is achieved by a single-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) which is biased at the peak of the transmission curve and driven by a radio frequency (RF) signal with an amplitude swing of ~3.06Vπ, where Vπ is the half-wave voltage of the MZM.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; radio-over-fibre; amplitude swing; filter-less frequency quadrupling; frequency upconversion; optical millimeter-wave signal generation; radio frequency signal; radio over fiber; single-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator; transmission curve; Frequency modulation; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2010
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9882-6
DOI :
10.1109/PGC.2010.5705989
