A microwave photonic link with high spurious-free dynamic range based on a parallel structure

Shi kui Wang; Yong sheng Gao; Ai jun Wen; Ling Liu

doi:10.1007/s11801-015-4228-6

A microwave photonic link with high spurious-free dynamic range based on a parallel structure

Shi kui Wang
, Yong sheng Gao
, Ai jun Wen
, Ling Liu

Aeronautic Computing Technique Research Institute
Xidian University

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Abstract

A microwave photonic link (MPL) with high spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) is proposed and analyzed. The optical carrier is divided equally into two paths. The path 1 is modulated by radio frequency (RF) signals in a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), and the phase of path 2 is controlled before the combination with path 1. By properly adjusting the phase difference of the two paths with the optical phase shifter, the third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) can be significantly suppressed. A proof-of-concept simulation is carried out. The results show that a reduction of 40 dB in the IMD3 and an improvement of 21.1 dB in the SFDR are achieved as compared with the conventional MZM-based MPL. The proposed MPL shows the advantages of simple structure, low cost and high efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-140
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optoelectronics Letters
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-015-4228-6
State	Published - Mar 2015
Externally published	Yes

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