240 GHz active modelocked laser diode

A 240 GHz optical millimetre-wave (mm-wave) signal is generated by an active modelocked laser diode (MLLD) integrated with a high-mesa electroabsorption modulator. The linewidth of the generated signal is less than 10 Hz. A -11 dBm mm-wave signal at 240 GHz was also generated using the active MLLD and a uni-travelling-carrier photodiode.     

High-frequency characterization of high-speed modulators and photodetectors in a link with low-speed photonic sampling

We propose a low-speed photonic sampling for independent high-frequency characterization of a Mach–Zehnder modulator(MZM)and a photodetector(PD)in an optical link.A low-speed mode-locked laser diode(MLLD)provides an ultrawideband optical stimulus with scalable frequency range,working as the photonic sampling source of the link.The uneven spectrum lines of the MLLD are firstly characterized with symmetric modulation within the interesting frequency range.Then,the electro-optic modulated signals are down-converted to the first Nyquist frequency range,yielding the self-referenced extraction of modulation depth and half-wave voltage of the MZM without correcting the responsivity fluctuation of the PD in the link.Finally,the frequency responsivity of the PD is self-referenced measured under null modulation of the MZM.As frequency responses of the MZM and the PD can be independently obtained,our method allows self-referenced high-frequency measurement for a high-speed optical link.In the proof-of-concept experiment,a 96.9 MS/s MLLD is used for measuring a MZM and a PD within the frequency range up to 50 GHz.The consistency between our method and the conventional method verifies that the ultra-wideband and self-referenced high-frequency characterization of high-speed MZMs and PDs.     

Long-term stabilized millimeter-wave generation using a high-powermode-locked laser diode module

In this paper, a 60-GHz-band millimeter-wave (mm-wave) signal generation using a new 60-GHz mode-locked laser diode (MLLD) module stabilized by an optical injection will be presented. To modularize the MLLD, the precise position alignments and the fine tuning for the repetition rate is released; moreover, the output optical power of more than 6.0 dBm and the stability over nearly 1500 h are obtained. It is experimentally confirmed that the frequency and power stabilities are several tens of hertz and less than 1 dBm, respectively. The generated 60-GHz-band mm-wave signal with the 3-dB linewidth of less than 300 Hz over a 100-km-long optical fiber link is also successfully demonstrated     

Polarization-, Wavelength-, and Filter-Free All-Optical Clock Recovery in a Passively Mode-Locked Laser Diode With Orthogonally Pumped Polarization-Diversity Configuration

We proposed and demonstrated all-optical clock recovery system using a monolithic mode-locked laser diode (MLLD) that operated with less sensitivity to the polarization and the wavelength of the input data signals also with no bandpass filter to eliminate the input signal-components. The keys to this new technique are the MLLD integrated with a tensile-strained quantum-well saturable absorber and a new polarization-diversity setup by signal input orthogonally polarized to the lasing polarization of the MLLD. This approach was experimentally validated in the 40 Gbps clock recovery experiments. The results exhibited excellent performance of the clock recovery with low timing jitters (<0.3 ps) remaining small dependence on the wavelength and the polarization of the input data signals and input-signal suppression less than -30 dB with no use of the bandpass filter. We also succeeded in the stable clock recovery for the input of polarization-scrambled data signals.     

Mode-Locked InP-Based Laser Diode With a Monolithic Integrated UTC Absorber for Subpicosecond Pulse Generation

Future optical transmission systems and signal processing circuits will require optical pulse sources capable of producing subpicosecond (sub-ps) pulses with low timing jitter at repetition rates of tens of gigahertz. In this paper, we present the theory, design, and measurements of a novel InP-based hybrid mode-locked laser diode (MLLD) structure with an ultrafast monolithically integrated, reverse-biased, uni-traveling-carrier (UTC) absorber. The necessity of an ultrafast absorber to obtain sub-ps pulses is analyzed and explained with our advanced time-domain rate-equation model. The realized MLLD demonstrated clean sub-ps pulses of 900 fs at 42-GHz repetition rate and the potential in an optimized device to reach values around 600 fs.      

基于FP-LD实现副载波信号产生

采用一种基于法布里-珀罗腔激光二极管(FP-LD)的副载波信号的产生方案,此方案主要包括一个FP-LD和一个电光相位调制器(PM)。首先利用可调谐激光器、电光PM及微波源产生光正弦相位调制信号,将该信号注入到FP-LD中,通过FP-LD的注入锁定将该信号转换为副载波信号。在实验中,分别以2、3、4和5 GHz的调制频率注入到FP-LD中,相应得到22、21、24和25 GHz的副载波信号。     

Multi-band microwave photonic satellite repeater scheme employing intensity Mach-Zehnder modulators

To solve the satellite repeater's flexible and wideband frequency conversion problem, we propose a novel microwave photonic repeater system, which can convert the upload signal's carrier to six different frequencies. The scheme employs one 20 GHz bandwidth dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) and two 10 GHz bandwidth MZMs. The basic principle of this scheme is filtering out two optical sidebands after the optical carrier suppression (OCS) modulation and combining two sidebands modulated by the input radio frequency (RF) signal. This structure can realize simultaneous multi-band frequency conversion with only one frequency-fixed microwave source and prevent generating harmful interference sidebands by using two corresponding optical filters after optical modulation. In the simulation, one C-band signal of 6 GHz carrier can be successfully converted to 12 GHz (Ku-band), 28 GHz, 34 GHz, 40 GHz, 46 GHz (Ka-band) and 52 GHz (V-band), which can be an attractive method to realize multi-band microwave photonic satellite repeater. Alternatively, the scheme can be configured to generate multi-band local oscillators (LOs) for widely satellite onboard clock distribution when the input RF signal is replaced by the internal clock source.     

利用基带直调信号注入锁定半导体激光器产生全光上变频信号的研究

提出了一种将低速基带信号直调产生的宽谱信号,注入至用于上变频的分布反馈式半导体激光器(DFB-LD),利用调制信号光谱中的高阶分量对从激光器进行相位锁定,从而产生光学上变频信号的方法。对直调信号注入锁定DFB-LD产生光学上变频信号的机理进行了理论分析,完成了2.5Gb/s伪随机码基带信号通过直调并注入从激光器,分别产生了30,35,40GHz副载波频率的全光上变频信号的实验,并在时域和频域上,对上变频信号的特征进行了研究。该方案结构简单,无需高速外调制器及高频本振,具有集成潜力,理论上可产生更高载频(如60GHz),对目前的光-无线混合接入提供了一种可行的解决方案。     

160-gb/s OTDM signal source with 3R function utilizing ultrafast mode-locked laser diodes and modified NOLM

High-quality 160-Gb/s optical time-division-multiplexing (OTDM) signal source with 3R functions was demonstrated using ultrafast mode-locked laser diodes (MLLDs) and a nonlinear optical fiber loop mirror (NOLM) modified with inline and external polarizers and an inline optical phase-bias compensator. Pulse quality for each OTDM channel was successfully improved and equalized owing to the clock extraction at the true data bit rate using a 160-GHz MLLD and also to the improvement of the switching performance of the NOLM.     

Photonic Frequency Upconversion Based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

We demonstrate a method of photonic frequency upconversion useful in radio-over-fiber systems, which is based on Brillouin selective amplification. One of the optical sidebands generated from the applied radio-frequency carrier at 10.831GHz is selected and amplified by Brillouin gain. By carrying the 1-GHz intermediate-frequency (IF) signal on the optical carrier and beating them with the amplified sideband, the IF signal of 1 GHz is upconverted to 11.831 GHz. This scheme can also be applied to the IF signal with bandwidth larger than the Brillouin gain bandwidth. The upconverted 11.831-GHz signal has the phase noise of -83.3dBc/Hz at 10-kHz offset. Also, the proposed upconversion scheme shows the spurious-free dynamic range of 89.5 dBmiddotHz^2/3     

基于马赫-曾德尔调制器的多种调制格式微波信号的光学生成研究

提出了一种基于马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM)的 多种调制格式微波信号的光学一体化生成方案。 在本文方案中,微波信号和编码矩形波信号经合路器同时输入到MZM中,通过合理设置编码 信号的幅值使 MZM能够工作在其传输曲线的不同传输点,分别实现了频移键控(FSK)、二进制相移键控(BPSK)和 二倍频BPSK微波信号一体化生成。本文方案仅需要1个MZM而不需要额外加电的或光的选频器 件, 因此具有结构简单、可大范围调谐的优势。特别的,本文方案还可以产生二倍频的BPSK微波 信号,从 而使能够满足更高频的应用需求。在仿真和实验中,分别得到10/20 GHz的FSK、10GHz的BPSK 微波信号,同时产生了20GHz的二倍频BPSK微波信号,有效验证了本 文方案的可行性。     

载波重用微波光纤矢量信号传输系统性能研究

提出了一种基于双边带(DSB)部分载波抑制调制(OCS)方式的微波光纤传输(ROF)系统结构,实现了矢量信号的传输以及调制方式由8PSK到QPSK的转换,并使用光纤Bragg光栅(FBG)实现了光载波的重新使用,降低了系统的成本。分析了实验原理并搭建了实验链路,在中心站,采用光OCS方案产生并倍频加载了携带有1 Mbps的8PSK矢量信号的5 GHz微波信号,实验结果表明,在基站,使用FBG实现光载波重用的同时,微波信号频率由5 GHz上转换为10 GHz,传输的矢量信号调制方式由8PSK变为QPSK。通过光谱可以看出,实验链路成功实现了50 GHz nm波矢量信号的产生和传输。     

A simplified tunable frequency interval optical frequency comb generator using a single continuous-wave laser

We propose and demonstrate a simplified and tunable frequency interval optical frequency comb (OFC) generator based on a dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DD-MZM) using a single continuous-wave (CW) laser and low-power radio frequency (RF) driven signal. A mathematical model for the scheme is established. The 21- and 29-mode OFCs with frequency interval ranging from 6 GHz to 40 GHz are obtained under DD-MZM driven by a low-power RF signal within a maximum bandwidth of 1.12 THz. The generated OFCs exhibit spectral flatnesses of less than 0.5 dB and 0.8 dB within bandwidths of 160 GHz and 400 GHz, respectively.     

Cavity-Resonant Behaviors of All-Optical Synchronization and Clock Recovery in Passively Mode-Locked Laser Diodes

We experimentally and theoretically investigated the synchronization characteristics in all-optical synchronization and clock recovery of the passively mode-locked laser diode (MLLD), and the relationship with the optical-cavity resonant behaviors of the input optical signals in the cavity of the MLLD. The dependences on the wavelength detuning, the data format, the injection power, the mark-to-space ratio, the input data pattern, and the intensity fluctuations of the injected optical signals were experimentally discussed in detail. It was clearly concluded from the experimental results that the optical cavity-resonant behavior of the incoming optical signals in the cavity of the MLLD was a determinant factor of the locking mechanism in the all-optical synchronization of the MLLD and that the optical-injection locking mechanism was not a dominant effect. The experimental results were examined based on a simple theoretical model including the enhancement of the effective modulation due to the optical-cavity resonance. By using the model we succeeded in explanation of the trends of the experimental results.     

Ka波段频率合成器设计

提出了一种Ka波段低杂散、捷变频频率合成器设计方案.该方案采用直接数字合成(DDS)+直接上变频的频率合成模式,DDS1产生360～600 MHz低杂散中频信号,DDS2产生波形信号.经过4次上变频、分段滤波、放大后,该方案实现了宽带、低杂散、捷变频频率合成器的设计,为系统提供本振信号、激励信号等.根据设计方案,制作了...     

归零码信号注入FP-LD实现无本振光子上变频系统

提出了一种低速率归零码（RZ-OOK）信号注入法布里-珀罗腔激光二极管（FP-LD）的无本振光子上变频系统。利用外部注入信号光对FP-LD的一个自由振荡模式进行锁定从而得到一个微波的高频振荡,基于注入锁定机理进行了上变频原理分析,并通过实验方式验证了方案的可行性。实验中,2 Gb/s的RZ-OOK信号分别被上变频到12 GHz、14.28 GHz成为副载波信号。     

基于FBG和偏振复用的8倍频全双工RoF系统

为简化光载无线通信系统(RoF)中心站(CS)和基站(BS)结构,提出了一种基于光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)和偏振复用技术的8倍频全双工RoF系统方案。通过设置马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM)偏置电压和射频驱动信号幅度保留部分主载波与偶数阶边带,再利用FBG将主载波与偶数阶边带分离。结合偏振复用技术将主载波和偶数阶边带复用到X和Y两个偏振方向上,其中抑制载波偶数阶边带用于下行链路数据传输,而主载波在BS站作为上行链路载波使用。理论推导了实现机理并进行了实验验证,结果表明当使用10 GHz射频驱动时可实现稳定的80 GHz光载毫米波信号,传输20 km后下行链路和上行链路功率代价仅为0.1和0.07 dB,表现出了较好的系统性能。     

A 1.485‐Gbit/s Video Signal Transmission System at Carrier Frequencies of 240 GHz and 300 GHz

A 1.485‐Gbit/s video signal transmission system at carrier frequencies of 240 GHz and 300 GHz was implemented and demonstrated. The radio frequency front‐ends are composed of Schottky barrier diode subharmonic mixers (SHMs), frequency triplers, and diagonal horn antennas for the transmitter and receiver. Amplitude shift keying with an intermediate frequency of 5.94 GHz was utilized as the modulation scheme. A 1.485‐Gbit/s video signal with a high‐definition serial digital interface format was successfully transmitted over a wireless link distance of 4.2 m and displayed on an HDTV with a transmitted average output power of 20 µW at a 300‐GHz system.     

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。     

基于半导体光放大器环形腔的全光频率倍增/恢复

提出了一种利用具有干涉作用的半导体光放大器(SOA)环形腔实现全光频率倍增/恢复的新方法,该方法同相关实验比较具有显著优势.数值结果表明:2.5 GHz的光脉冲序列注入SOA环形腔,可输出重复频率为5～25 GHz振幅均衡、与入射光偏振无关的光脉冲序列;SOA的偏置电流对SOA环形腔输出脉冲振幅的均衡度影响显著,对于基频为2.5 GHz和10 GHz输入脉冲序列分别存在一最佳的SOA偏置电流值;从传输速率为2.5 Gbit/s的27-1伪随机信号中可提取出重复频率为分别2.5 GHz和5 GHz的幅度均衡的时钟信号.