基于直流光注入直调DFB-LD的可调光毫米波信号产生技术

提出了一种基于直流光注入直接调制分布反馈式半导体激光器(DFB-LD)的载波可调的光毫米波生成方案,利用直接调制DFB-LD的输出瞬态波长随驱动电流增大而蓝移的特点,将直流光注入至直调DFB-LD的0码波长附近注入锁定。锁定的直调激光器在1码时输出的蓝移波长与原注入波长相位相干,再通过光电探测器将拍频信号转换为调制的光毫米波信号。实验重点讨论了40GHz光毫米波的产生,同时完成了30、40、50和60GHz光毫米波的可调谐性实验。本文的方案结构简单,无需外调制器和微波本振,载波可调并可产生高至60GHz光毫米波信号,可作为光/无线混合接入中成本节省的光上变频方案。     

On Frequency-Doubled Optical Millimeter-Wave Generation Technique Without Carrier Suppression for In-Building Wireless Over Fiber Applications

A novel optical millimeter-wave (mm-wave) generation scheme based on double-sideband phase modulation (DSB-PM) to achieve frequency doubling without suppressing the carrier is proposed. Theoretical analysis shows that the generated 60-GHz optical mm-wave can tolerant ${pm}$ 0.016-nm wavelength drifting with filter bandwidth ranging from 70 to 100 GHz to sustain first to second harmonic suppression ratio of 18 dB. In addition, error-free transmission of 60-GHz mm-wave at 2.5 Gb/s is experimentally demonstrated over a combined distance of 3-m wireless with 21-dBm equivalent isotropically radiated power, and 250-m fiber to best emulate an in-building network environment. Dispersion effect on the frequency-doubled PM optical mm-wave without carrier suppression is also analyzed and experimentally studied by comparing the link performance over single-mode fiber (SMF-28) and dispersion-shifted fiber (DSF), respectively.      

30-GHz millimeter-wave carrier generation with single sideband modulation based on stimulated Brillouin scattering

A new technique to generate a millimeter（mm）-wave carrier of 32.57 GHz(f_LO=10.85 GHz) with single sideband modulation（SSB） for radio-over-fiber（RoF） systems is experimentally demonstrated by using stimulated Brillouin scattering（SBS）.The SSB is realized by directly amplifying the +3rd sideband of the modulated optical carrier in the process of SBS.The pump wave is provided through a double Brillouin scattering frequency shifting configuration.The use of the same laser source to generate the pump wave ensures the stability of the mm-wave generation system since the relative frequency shift between them can be eliminated.In addition, the mm-wave carrier obtains an RF power gain of 21 dB with the SBS amplification and a 3-dB bandwidth of 10kHz.     

基于受激布里渊散射的30GHz毫米波单边带调制生成技术

本文提出了一种基于受激布里渊散射原理的单边带调制产生30GHz毫米波的新方法,可应用于光载射频系统。该方法利用一个双布里渊散射移频结构生成泵浦光,并将其反向注入到传输信号光的25 km单模光纤;通过受激布里渊散射,直接放大受调制信号光的正三阶边带,实现光载波的单边带调制,有效改善由色散效应引入的功率涨落问题,保证了毫米波功率稳定。此外,信号光和泵浦光由同一个激光器产生,有效消除两者间的相对频率漂移,从而大大提升了毫米波生成系统的频率稳定性。通过我们的方法,实验系统所生成的毫米波功率增益了21dB,其3dB线宽为10kHz。     

一种基于并联DPMZM结构的无滤波器16倍频光生毫米波方案

提出了一种新的基于并联的双平行马赫曾德尔调制器(Dual parallel Mach Zehnder modulator,DPMZM)结构的光生毫米波方案,该方案无需滤波器即可产生高质量的16倍频毫米波。通过适当调节DPMZM下臂上的马赫曾德尔调制器(Mach Zehnder modulator,MZM)的偏置电压,可以灵活控制光的零阶边带的幅度;通过调节DPMZM上臂上MZM的调制系数和直流偏压,可以抑制奇次谐波;然后通过适当调节两DPMZM之间的相移,可以得到仅有±8阶边带的光谐波,后经光电探测器(Photo detector,PD)拍频得到高质量的16倍频毫米波信号。对16倍频毫米波产生的原理进行了详细分析,并通过仿真对方案的可行性进行了验证,光载波抑制比(Optical sideband suppression ratio,OSSR)为30.3 dB,RF杂散抑制比(Radio frequency spurious sideband suppression ratio,RFSSR)为23.5 dB。     

基于光载无线技术的毫米波轨道角动量多维联合调制/解调研究

提出了一种基于光载无线(ROF)技术的W波段涡旋毫 米波生成及轨道角动量(OAM)多维联合调制 /解调方法。采用ROF技术在光域对微波源进行倍频生成W 波段光学毫米波,并通 过集成光调制 器对光学毫米波的相位和幅度进行调控。通过合理调控圆环天线阵列(CAAs)的辐射毫米波 相移,从而实 现涡旋毫米波的生成以及状态切换。同时,设计了64阶OAM、幅度和 相位的三维联合调制格式, 并通过模拟仿真,成功实现了75Gbit/s高阶联合调制信号的调制/解 调。研究结果表明,OAM 作为一个新 的物理维度不仅可以通过复用来实现传输容量密度的提升,同时也可以作为调制手段实现 传输容量的提 升,在提高无线频谱效率以及保密通信中具有重要的潜在应用价值。     

采用单个相位调制器产生毫米波

实验研究了采用单个相位调制器(PM)产生毫米波的方案。该方案采用电混频器将射频(RF)信号与基带信号混频后再利用相位调制器产生双边带调制(DSB)信号,经光纤传输到基站后用一个光交叉复用器(IL)分离一阶边带和中心载波,一阶边带经过光电(O/E)检测器拍频产生两倍频于射频频率的毫米波,而中心载波可以作为上行链路载波重新利用。理论分析了该毫米波的传输性能,研究发现由于色散导致两个一阶边带时延不同,码元的占空比会随着传输距离的增加而减小,将限制毫米波的最大传输距离;实验中采用频率为20 GHz射频信号产生频率为40 GHz的毫米波,速率为2.5 Gbit/s的非归零(NRZ)码作为下行链路数据,经过20 km色散光纤传输后下行链路的功率代价为0.2 dBm。     

Multiband Signal Generation and Dispersion-Tolerant Transmission Based on Photonic Frequency Tripling Technology for 60-GHz Radio-Over-Fiber Systems

We designed and experimentally demonstrated an efficient photonic frequency-tripling technology for 60-GHz radio-over-fiber systems to simultaneously realize millimeter-wave (mm-wave), microwave, and baseband signal generation. The technique utilizes vestigial sideband filtering in combination with optical carrier suppression to generate novel alternate subcarrier modulation for high tolerance of fiber dispersion. Experimental verification of the proposed scheme is presented with generation and error-free transmission of 2.1-Gb/s data on the 63-GHz mm-wave and 21-GHz microwave carriers over 50-km single-mode fiber (SMF-28) without dispersion compensation. The power penalty for both signals is less than 1.0 dB.      

A simplified optical millimeter-wave generation scheme based on frequency-quadrupling

This paper analyzes and demonstrates a simplified frequency quadrupling configuration for optical millimeter-wave(mm-wave)generation,in which the electrical phase shifter and optical filter are omitted.Theoretical analysis is given to reach the optimum operating conditions including direct current(DC)bias voltage,optical transmission point of the dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator(MZM)bias voltage,optical transmission point of the dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator(DP-MZM),amplitude of the radio frequency(RF)driving signal and the impact of the extinction ratio(EF)on the optical sideband suppression ratio(OSSR)and radio frequency spurious suppression ratio(RFSSR).Experiments prove an OSSR of 15 dB and an RFSSR of 26 dB for the new frequency quadrupling scheme at 6 GHz,8 GHz and 10 GHz of RF driving signal without any electrical phase shifter or optical filter.This system exhibits the advantage of low wavelength dependence and large frequency tunable range.     

Influence of phase shift drift and splitting ratio on 80 GHz optical mm-wave generation

For the scheme of 80 GHz optical millimeter-wave(mm-wave) generation using two cascaded Mach-Zehnder modulators(MZMs),an exact analytical solution for the optical mm-wave affected by phase shift drift and splitting ratio is derived with the method of expanding Bessel series.The results show that for the carrier and the fourth-order sideband,the influence caused by phase shift drift is dominant,while the first-order,the second-order and the third-order sidebands are influenced by both phase shift drift and splitting ratio.It follows that the undesired sideband suppression ratio is at least 35.9 dB when the splitting ratio deviation is 0.001,and the phase shift drift is 1o.The performance of the system is perfect if the accuracy is achieved.     

Simultaneous Transmission of Wireless and Wireline Services Using a Single 60-GHz Radio-Over-Fiber Channel by Coherent Subcarrier Modulation

We proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel hybrid subcarrier modulation (H-SCM) technique to generate a spectral-efficient 60-GHz optical millimeter-wave (mm-wave) that carries independent 2.5-Gb/s wireless and 10-Gb/s wireline signals using intensity and phase modulation, respectively. The frequency beating components of the 60-GHz channel due to interleaved and imbalanced optical path in H-SCM are numerically analyzed and experimentally measured in terms of timing jitter and amplitude fluctuation. The generated 60-GHz optical mm-wave signal using H-SCM with phase noise variance of about 0.5 is demonstrated in a radio-over-fiber testbed propagating through a combined distance of 25-km fiber and 4-m free space. The power penalties for the received wireless and wireline signals are 1 and 0.2 dB at $10^{-9}$ bit-error rate, respectively.      

基于级联马赫-曾德电光调制器的60GHz光载毫米波传输系统的研究

提出并实现了一种新的产生毫米波的六倍频技术。采用两个相同的串联马赫一曾德电光调制器（MZM）,调节第1个MZM调制器的偏置电压使其工作在最小传输模式,只输出奇次光谐波分量;调节第2个MZM调制器的偏置电压使其工作在最大传输模式,抑制所有的奇次光谐波分量。实验显示,采用10GHz的射频（RF）信号驱动这两台MZM调制器后...     

A millimeter-wave WDM-ROF system based on supercon- tinuum technique

In this paper, a new millimeter-wave (mm-wave) wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system based on radio-over-fiber (ROF) technology is proposed. In this approach a multi-wavelength light source is obtained by supercontinuum (SC) technique, and mm-wave signals are obtained by using optical heterodyning method. We experimentally demonstrate the generation of optical carriers for 6-WDM channels, obtain 40 GHz mm-wave signals by employing optical heterodyne technique, and successfully achieve low error rate transmission of 2.5 Gbit/s in WDM channels over a distance of 25 km in a G.652 fiber. The experimental results verify that the proposed solution is feasible and cost effective.     

Efficient generation of guided millimeter-wave power by photomixing

A 70-GHz bandwidth commercial photodiode has been coupled to W-band waveguide and used as a photomixing source from 75 to 170 GHz. Maximum power conversion efficiency of 1.8% was obtained at 75 GHz, where an optical input of +10 dBm yielded a nonsaturated millimeter-wave (mm-wave) power of -7.5 dBm. Optimizing the photomixer backshort tuning at individual frequencies showed that the mm-wave power decreased with frequency to a level of -30 dBm at 170 GHz. Fixed tuning allowed the generation of power across the full waveguide band from 75 to 110 GHz, with a variation within 5 dB across the majority of the band     

A novel scheme to implement duplex 60-GHz radio-over-fiber link with 20-GHz double-sideband optical millimeter-wave transmitted along the fiber

A duplex radio-over-fiber (RoF) link with a novel scheme to generate 60-GHz millimeter (mm)-wave using 20 GHz double sideband (DSB) optical mm-wave with signal carried only by its optical carrier is investigated. In the RoF downlink, the modulation frequency to generate the DSB optical mm-wave is reduced greatly. The theoretical analysis and numerical simulation show that this scheme cannot only eliminate the code form distortion caused by the time shifting of the sidebands, but also reduce the influence of the fading effect as the DSB optical mm-wave signal is transmitted along the fiber. Based on the scheme, the duplex RoF link with the frequency up- (down-) conversion of the down- (up-) link mm-wave signal is built and the uplink transmission performance is analyzed theoretically.     

A down-conversion optical link with RF gain

A down-conversion optical link with a radio frequency (RF) conversion gain of 33 dB was demonstrated at 450 MHz. The gain was increased to 17 dB using photodetector impedance matching. Limitations due to each link element are examined and down-conversion gain up to the millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequency band is predicted     

基于相位调制器倍频技术产生56GHz毫米波的光载无线通信系统

提出并实验研究了一种基于光相位调制器(PM)倍频技术产生56GHz毫米波的光载无线通信(RoF)系统。在中心站,通过28GHz射频(RF)信号驱动PM产生了56GHz光毫米波,并将下行的2.8Gb/s开关键控(OOK)信号调制到该光载波上,然后经过20km标准单模光纤(SSMF)传输至基站,最后由天线进行发射。用户终端接收后,采用相干解调恢复出基带信号。实验结果表明,56GHz光载毫米波信号经SSMF传输20km后其功率代价小于1dB,通过无线方式传输1.1m后其功率代价小于2.5dB。     

Optically Controlled Low-Distortion Delay of GHz-Wide Radio-Frequency Signals Using Slow Light in Fibers

Continuously tunable delay of broadband analog signals for microwave photonics applications is described and demonstrated, based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in optical fibers. The optical spectrum of the pump laser is synthesized using chirp control, in order to obtain a broadened SBS "slow light" process, with long delay and low amplitude and phase distortions. The resulting SBS process is applied to delay 1-GHz-wide linear frequency modulated radio-frequency signals of arbitrary carrier frequency. Delays up to 230 ps are observed, with a worst-case sidelobe suppression ratio of -26 dB     

Sideband characteristic analysis of millimeter-wave generation based on optical carrier suppression

In this paper, we analyze the sideband performance of millimeter-wave (mm-wave) generated by the optical carrier suppression (OCS) method. Through adjusting the direct current (DC) bias of the Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), we study the output optical signal powers at different orders bands, and the DC bias tolerance while the value of the carrier suppression ratio is not lower than 10 dB. The separated right sideband is modulated by 5 Gbit/s data, and then combined with the left sideband. The generated millimeter wave optical signal is transmitted over 20 km standard single mode fiber (SMF), and the received power penalty is only 0.28 dB.     

An Optical Millimeter-Wave Generation Technique Based on Phase Modulation and Brillouin-Assisted Notch-Filtering

A novel approach to generate continuously tunable microwave and millimeter-wave (mm-wave) signals is proposed and experimentally demonstrated based on an optical phase modulator and a Brillouin-assisted notch-filtering technique. The strong optical carrier of the phase modulated signal is deeply suppressed by using stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a dispersion-shifted-fiber ring while the sidebands keep unchanged. Therefore, only even-order electrical harmonics exist at the output of a photodetector. As this SBS-assisted carrier-filter is narrow bandwidth and wavelength-independent, a wavelength-flexible way of optical generation mm-wave signals can be successfully realized.