An efficient photonic mixer with frequency doubling based on a dual-parallel MZM

Yongsheng Gao; Aijun Wen; Huixing Zhang; Shuiying Xiang; Hongqin Zhang; Lijun Zhao; Lei Shang

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2014.01.065

An efficient photonic mixer with frequency doubling based on a dual-parallel MZM

Yongsheng Gao
, Aijun Wen
, Huixing Zhang
, Shuiying Xiang
, Hongqin Zhang
, Lijun Zhao
, Lei Shang

Xidian University

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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a novel photonic microwave mixer based on an integrated dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DPMZM). The local oscillator (LO) signal is frequency doubled and modulated onto the optical carrier through one sub-modulator which is biased at the maximum transmission point, while the radio-frequency (RF) signal is modulated onto the optical carrier through the other sub-modulator. The mixer is simple in structure, stable in performance, and the frequency requirement of the LO is only one-half of that of conventional schemes. Experimental results demonstrate a significant improvement of 17.1 dB in conversion efficiency, 10.5 dB in noise figure (NF) and 7.7 dB in spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) as compared with the scheme based on two cascaded intensity modulators (IMs).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-15
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	321
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2014.01.065
State	Published - 15 Jun 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DPMZM)
Millimeter-wave signal generation
Optical frequency conversion
Photonic microwave mixer
Radio over fiber (RoF)

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