微机械光调制器的制备及其在不同激励条件下的响应研究

本文主要讨论了具有机械式抗反射开关(即MARS)结构的新型微机械光调制器.MARS结构光调制器由表面微机械工艺制备.测量结果表明,微机械光调制器有一系列的固有频率.当器件被正弦信号激励时,其响应信号也是正弦信号.当器件被方波信号激励时,响应信号和激励频率有关.当激励方波频率远低于器件固有频率时,器件响应实际上是对上下两个阶跃信号的响应:出现明显的阻尼振荡效应.当激励频率在固有频率附近时,器件实际只对方波的基频效应:响应为正弦信号.     

外调制微波光子链路性能研究

针对外调制方式工作的微波光子链路,建立了链路的小信号分析模型,理论仿真了调制器输入光功率及调制器直流偏置点对链路增益、噪声系数和线性动态范围的影响。理论仿真与实验结果表明,适当增大调制器输入光功率以及使调制器工作在最佳线性偏置点,可提高链路增益和线性动态范围,同时降低链路噪声系数。该研究为优化外调制微波光子链路性能提供了有益参考。     

微机械光可调式光衰减器的制备及动态测试

主要讨论了具有机械式抗反射开关(即MARS)结构的新型微机械可调式光衰减器.MARS结构可调式光衰减器由表面微机械工艺制备.当器件被正弦信号激励时,其响应信号也是正弦信号,但两者的相位相反. 同时,微机械可调式光衰减器有一系列的固有频率.测量表明,器件反射率的上升时间为5 μs,下降时间为3.3 μs.如果器件由线性变化的锯齿信号驱动,当驱动信号小于23 V时,器件的反射率变化也是线性的,当驱动信号大于23 V时,器件的反射率响应出现非线性,信号越大,非线性越明显.     

一种载边比可调单边带全双工光载无线系统

理论分析了一种基于双平行马赫曾德尔调制器(MZM)的2倍频光单边带调制方案,仿真研究了基于该方案的载波重用全双工光载无线(RoF)通信系统性能.合理设置射频驱动信号相移及双平行MZM主调制器偏置电压产生单边带信号,再调整调制指数以实现光载边比ROCS的连续可调谐.讨论了射频信号相移、主调制器偏置电压、双平行MZM消光比...     

任意偏置点的电光调制器自动偏置控制方法

为了实现对双电极马赫-曾德尔电光调制器任意直流偏置点的自动偏置控制,采用在闭环控制基础上,引入一个可调移相器使不同直流偏置点处误差信号相同的方法,理论分析了可调移相器相移量与直流偏置相位的关系,仿真得到对于不同偏置点,当调制器直流偏置相位漂移达-0.15rad~0.08rad,移相器引入附加相位漂移-0.55rad~0.55rad时,经偏置控制后相位漂移被限制在-3.010-4rad~1.710-4rad范围内。结果表明,该方法有效实现了对电光调制器任意直流偏置点的自动偏置控制。     

功率和谐波同步检测的马赫曾德调制器偏压控制技术

为了克服马赫曾德调制器工作点随温度、压力等外界因素的漂移,需要对它的直流偏压进行补偿。以往采用微扰信号谐波检测的方案偏置点定位精度高,但由于需要在回路中附加小幅抖动信号,会引入一定的噪声,影响信号的纯度;而功率检测的方案易受光源功率自身扰动的影响,稳定性不高,且偏置点定位性能差。提出了一种平均功率和谐波检测相结合的MZ调制器偏置点控制技术,通过谐波探测确定最佳工作点,并以电光调制器前后光功率比值作为基准值进行反馈控制,提高了偏压控制的定位精度和噪声性能,同时克服了激光功率自身扰动的影响。在此过程中还提出了一种通过操控误差信号实现偏置点任意调节的方案,实现了大范围灵活的偏置点控制。实验发现,所提出的方案具有定位精度高、稳定性好和偏置点调节范围广的优点,能够很好地满足马赫曾德调制器偏置点控制的要求。     

基于光载波抑制调制的星间微波光子下变频研究

针对卫星通信中微波信号光学处理问题,建立了星间微波光子下变频系统模型,采用两个双电极马赫-曾德尔调制器(DE-MZM)并联形式,以光载波抑制(DCS)方式实现了星间微波信号的光域放大、传输和下变频。利用贝塞尔函数展开分析了下变频系统中信号和各噪声分量,对射频本振信号功率进行了优化,仿真研究了调制器直流偏置漂移、移相器相移误差和发射光功率对系统性能的影响。结果表明,调制器直流偏置相位漂移小于5℃时输出载噪比(CNR)恶化小于0.05 dB,移相器相移误差小于5℃时输出CNR恶化小于0.02 dB,系统具有较高稳定性;当发射功率为10.48 dB时,输出CNR达31.33 dB,系统能够满足输出CNR要求。     

一种基于MZM的电信号任意倍频方法

文章提出一种使用马赫-曾德尔强度调制器(MZM)产生输入信号的任意倍频信号的方案,利用该方法不仅可以产生输入信号的偶数倍倍频信号,还可以产生输入信号的奇数倍信号.通过设置马赫-曾德尔强度调制器的直流偏置点在线性偏置点,产生了奇数倍信号,通过设置直流偏置点在特殊的非线性偏置点,产生了偶数倍信号.通过调节输入信号的幅度,可以得到想要的高阶倍频信号.理论分析和实验证实了该方案的可行性.     

基于微悬臂梁的高灵敏红外光子探测

提出一种基于微悬臂梁的具有较高灵敏度的新型红外光子探测方法。该方法通过测量振动悬臂梁在光压作用下振幅的变化量来探测红外光子。实验中,将红外辐射光调制成正弦型或方波脉冲,并与微悬臂梁的激励信号保持同相或反相。实验结果表明,微悬臂梁振幅的改变量与红外光功率之间存在线性关系,并在10^-4 Pa的真空环境中最小可以探测到7.4 nW的红外光功率,另外还发现,方波脉冲调制光会增大微悬臂梁的振幅响应。     

超宽带微波光发射机关键技术

介绍了超宽带微波信号光发射机的工作原理,对使用中存在的外调制器偏置控制点漂移、超宽带微波光发射机非线性失真等问题进行了系统分析,给出了自动偏置控制及预失真补偿等解决方案,通过采用这些关键技术成功设计完成了超宽带微波光发射机.     

High Extinction Ratio Mach–Zehnder Modulator Applied to a Highly Stable Optical Signal Generator

Research into optical modulators has made remarkable progress in recent years. This paper discusses the possibility of applying the high extinction ratio optical modulator to a high-stability and high-frequency (over 100 GHz) optical reference signal generator. High-frequency reference signals are generated by a highly stable optical two-tone generator, which is used for high-rate communication and astronomical application. One method to generate two optical signals is producing them from a pair of laser sources using an optical phase-locked loop for feed back control; however, the optical phase-locked loop has a stability problem in its operation. A good alternative method to the optical phase-locked scheme is the LiNbO³ Mach-Zehnder (MZ) optical intensity modulator, which is capable of generating two highly stable optical signals (upper sideband and lower sideband components) by applying a sinusoidal microwave signal to an input laser signal. The two optical signals require phase stability better than 10^-13 in the Allan standard deviation, vibration robustness, and polarization maintaining capability. The signal coherence loss estimated from the phase stability of the two optical signals generated by the MZ modulator shows that the optical MZ modulator has the ability to generate highly stable optical signals.     

Widely wavelength-tunable ultra-flat frequency comb generation using conventional dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator

Wavelength-tunable ultra-flat optical frequency comb generation is demonstrated using only a conventional Mach-Zehnder modulator that is asymmetrically dual-driven by large-amplitude sinusoidal signals with different amplitudes. A 10 GHz-spaced frequency comb with a 10 dB bandwidth of 230 GHz was experimentally generated. In addition, 50 nm widely wavelength tunable operation was achieved.     

Effect of modulator chirp and sinusoidal group delay ripple on the performance of systems using dispersion compensating gratings

The implications that the nonideal characteristics of a dispersion compensating grating have on system performance are determined, for the most part, by the group delay ripple (GDR) of the grating response over the modulated signal bandwidth. Since the GDR typically exhibits an irregular variation with wavelength that has periodic features, it is convenient to use a sinusoidal variation to assess the implications on system performance. The portion of the grating bandwidth occupied by the modulated optical signal is determined by the carrier signal wavelength, bit rate, modulation format, and modulator chirp. The implications of modulator chirp on the performance of 10-Gb/s dispersion compensated systems are considered. Using a LiNbO/sub 3/ Mach-Zehnder modulator, an electroabsorption modulator, and a multiple quantum-well Mach-Zehnder modulator with distinct chirp properties, the results demonstrate that to accurately assess the implications of GDR, the properties of the modulator chirp must be considered. In particular, results for chirp-free optical signals underestimate the implications of the GDR on system performance.     

Novel Optical Vector Signal Generation With Carrier Suppression and Frequency Multiplication Based on a Single-Electrode Mach–Zehnder Modulator

This investigation presents a novel modulation approach for generating optical vector signals using frequency multiplication based on double sideband with carrier suppression. A single-electrode Mach–Zehnder modulator is biased at null point with a driving signal consisting of a 10-GHz sinusoidal signal and a 5-GHz sinusoidal signal modulated with 1.25-Gb/s on–off keying, 1.25-Gb/s binary phase-shift keying data, or 625-MSym/s quadruple phase-shift keying data. After square-law photodetection, a 1.25-Gb/s radio-frequency signal at a sum frequency of 15 GHz is generated. After transmission over 50-km single-mode fiber, the power penalty of all three modulation formats is under 0.2 dB.      

Chirp characteristics of dual-drive. Mach-Zehnder modulator with afinite DC extinction ratio

In this letter, we present theoretical and experimental studies on the chirp of the dual-drive Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator with a finite DC extinction ratio. The chirp of the modulator was measured using the fiber response peak method and compared with the theoretically calculated values. The results show that the residual chirp of the MZ modulator could be substantially reduced by driving the modulator in a push-pull mode with unequal amplitude signals     

Optical regenerative oscillation and monostable pulse generation in electrooptic bistable devices

Optical regenerative oscillation is discussed theoretically and experimentally in three types of mirrorless bistable optical devices based on the electrooptic light modulator. The devices have two feedback signals proportional to the optical output power, and the oscillation condition and oscillation frequency depend on the time constants and conversion factors for two feedback voltages and biasing phase retardation in the light modulator. Analysis is done by treating the coupled differential equations for the time dependent feedback signals. The experimental results agree with the theoretical prediction. We show also that optical monostable pulses can be generated in the three types of bistable optical devices.     

Reciprocating optical modulation for millimeter-wave generation by using a dual-section fiber Bragg grating

We investigated reciprocating optical modulation (ROM) for millimeter-wave generation. The system was composed of an optical phase modulator and a pair of optical filters. A lightwave modulated by V-band millimeter waves was obtained from a 5-GHz electric signal. The spectrum linewidths of the generated 60-GHz millimeter wave was smaller than 300 Hz. By using mode-coupling equations, the spectra of the output lightwave were theoretically calculated. It was shown that the spectra depend on the optical path length between the two optical filters, so that harmonic generation and mixing with baseband signals can be obtained simultaneously. Intensity modulation of the generated millimeter wave was demonstrated by applying a baseband signal to the modulator without using another electric or optical modulator.     

An Approach to the Measurement of Microwave Frequency Based on Optical Power Monitoring

A novel approach to the measurement of microwave frequency based on optical power monitoring is proposed and demonstrated. The microwave signal with its frequency to be measured is modulated on two optical carriers with their wavelengths set at one peak and one valley of the spectral response of a sinusoidal filter. The modulation is performed by a Mach-Zehnder modulator that is biased to suppress the optical carriers. A mathematical expression relating the optical powers from the two wavelength channels and the microwave frequency to be measured is developed. By simply monitoring the optical powers at the outputs of the two wavelength channels, the microwave frequency can be evaluated. A proof-of-concept experiment is implemented. Frequency measurement with good accuracy for microwave signals at different power levels is realized.     

波片相位延迟量测量和快轴标定系统

为了能够快速精确地测量波片相位延迟量和快轴方位角,实现测量系统的集成化和自动化,设计了基于弹光调制技术与数字锁相技术相结合的波片测量系统。采用弹光调制器对检测激光进行调制,运用基于FPGA的数字锁相技术提取调制信号的一、二倍频项,利用优化算法解调出波片相位延迟量和快轴方位角,步进电机带动波片转动使快轴到达零度位置,相位延迟量由LCD显示出来。搭建了实验系统,并对1/4波片进行了测量。实验结果表明:该系统对1/4波片快轴方位角的测量精度优于0.31,相位延迟量的测量精度和重复度分别优于99.47%和0.14。测量系统的弹光调制器驱动信号、电机驱动信号、数据运算都由FPGA控制,实现了光机电一体化。