Photonic microwave frequency measurement with a tunable range based on a dual-polarization modulator

Xiaoyan Li; Aijun Wen; Xiaoming Ma; Wei Chen; Yongsheng Gao; Wu Zhang; Zhaoyang Tu; Shuiying Xiang

doi:10.1364/AO.55.008727

Photonic microwave frequency measurement with a tunable range based on a dual-polarization modulator

Xiaoyan Li
, Aijun Wen
, Xiaoming Ma
, Wei Chen
, Yongsheng Gao
, Wu Zhang
, Zhaoyang Tu
, Shuiying Xiang

Xidian University

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This paper presents a novel photonic-assisted microwave frequency measurement scheme based on an integrated dual-polarization Mach-Zehnder modulator (DPol-MZM). The DPol-MZM is used to obtain a polarization multiplexing signal modulated by the microwave signal with the frequency to be identified. The obtained signal is split into two channels after propagating along a single mode fiber. The two divided parts are used to establish an amplitude comparison function (ACF) which provides frequency-power mapping. The proposed scheme is experimentally verified. The frequency responses of the two branches are nearly complementary; thus, a relatively steep ACF is obtained. A frequency measurement range from 2 to 28 GHz with an error of ±0.2 GHz is achieved. Moreover, the measurement range can be tuned by simply adjusting the polarization state of one channel. The proposed system is simple, and the measurement range can be easily adjusted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8727-8731
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	55
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.008727
State	Published - 1 Nov 2016
Externally published	Yes

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