微波光子学研究的进展

微波光子学注重微波与光子在概念、器件和系统的结合,典型研究包括微波信号的光产生、处理和转换,微波信号在光链路中的分配和传输等。其研究成果促进了新技术的出现,如光载无线（RoF）通信、有线电视（CATV）的副载波复用和光纤传输、相控阵雷达的光控波束形成网络以及微波频域的测量技术等。     

A Novel Direct Detection Microwave Photonic Vector Modulation Scheme for Radio-Over-Fiber System

This letter demonstrates the feasibility of a novel direct detection microwave photonic vector modulation scheme for the radio-over-fiber (RoF) system. Unlike the traditional double-sideband with optical carrier suppression modulation scheme, which can carry only the on-off keying data format, the proposed scheme encodes the electrical vector signal on either the upper sideband (USB) or the lower sideband (LSB) only and a pure optical subcarrier on the other sideband. Therefore, phase and amplitude information will be preserved after direct detection. A frequency doubling scheme is employed to reduce the cost of RoF systems. Additionally, the relative intensity between USB and LSB can be easily tuned by adjusting the individual power of electrical driving signals to optimize the performance of the optical radio-frequency signals. A proof-of-concept experiment is conducted by using a 1.25 Gb/s BPSK signal at a carrier frequency of 20 GHz. After transmission over 50-km single-mode fiber, the receiver sensitivity penalty is less than 0.5 dB.     

Microwave frequency up/downconversion based on dual-wavelength fibre laser

A novel method of microwave frequency up/downconversion is proposed for microwave/millimetre-wave-based radio-over-fibre (RoF) systems. The uplink and downlink are both based on dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode fibre laser modulation and heterodyning, which provides the possibility to realise bidirectional RoF transmissions.     

Microwave photonic vector modulator for high-speed wireless digitalcommunications

The authors present the design, realization, and experimental results of a microwave/photonic circuit suitable for high-speed direct digital modulation of microwave signals. The modulator employs a combination of microwave, photonic, and digital techniques to produce a discrete phase and amplitude (i.e., vector) modulated carrier signal. The proof-of-concept demonstration presented in this paper was performed using a carrier frequency of 1 GHz and supports BPSK, QPSK, and 16-QAM. The authors also discuss ways to modify the modulator to simultaneously achieve data rates on the order of several hundreds of Mbs and wideband frequency hopping     

微波光子学发展动态

重点从微波光子学的RoF系统和光控相控阵这两个重要应用领域的现状来探讨微波光子学研究意义和前景。并对其他应用领域的发展动态进行简单介绍。     

60-GHz Photonic Millimeter-Wave Link for Short- to Medium-Range Wireless Transmission Up to 12.5 Gb/s

In this paper, a 60-GHz photonic millimeter-wave link system for short- to medium-range broadband wireless data transmission is investigated. The system employs advanced mm-wave photonic components and radio-over-fiber (RoF) techniques for the generation of a DSB-SC optical mm-wave carrier and its subsequent on-off-keying modulation and transmission. For short-range applications, we have constructed a compact wireless RoF transmitter consisting of a high-frequency photodiode and a mm-wave antenna only. This system achieved error-free ($hbox {BER}=10^{-9}$, $2^{31}-1$ PRBS, NRZ) in-door transmission of 12.5-Gb/s signals over wireless distances up to 3.1 m with a receiver sensitivity as low as $-$ 45.4 dBm . For fixed wireless access (FWA) requiring a bit error rate of $10^{-4}$, the maximum transmission distance for 12.5 Gb/s is increased up to 5.8 m. For medium-range broadband wireless transmission an electrical radio-frequency (RF) amplifier was employed in the RoF transmitter. Here we achieved 7.5-Gb/s error-free transmission in out-door line-of-sight experiments over wireless distances of up to 36 m. Based upon the experimental results, we expect that the maximum wireless distance the system could accommodate for 12.5 Gb/s is in the kilometer range when using high-gain antennas and an RF transmitter amplifier with a sufficient bandwidth.      

Impact of Mach-Zehnder Modulator Chirp on Radio over Fiber Links

The impact of Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) chirp on single sideband (SSB) and carrier suppressed double sideband (CS-DSB) modulation radio over fiber (RoF) links are investigated and simulated. Finite extinction ratio and drive signal unbalanced ratio of non-ideal MZM are considered, power variation of target microwave signal and harmonic suppression are calculated and evaluated. Our results suggest that unbalanced ratio could be optimized to minimized the power variation owing to the finite extinction ratio and improve the harmonic suppress ratio in the two kinds of RoF links. However, harmonic suppression ratio declined rapidly with the decrease of extinction ratio in the CS-DSB RoF link. For a non-ideal modulator with low extinction ratio, high quality microwave signal could be obtained in the SSB RoF link while an additional filter is required to suppress the unwanted harmonic components in the CS-DSB RoF link.     

Recent developments in lightwave network analysis

The widespread use of photonic systems having microwave modulation bandwidths, coupled with the inclusion of photonic components in microwave and millimetre-wave systems, is creating a demand for efficient characterisation techniques. In particular, new tools will be required for the measurement of fundamental quantities such as the microwave frequency response, bandwidth, gain and return loss of microwave photonic components. However, existing lightwave measurement techniques are primitive when compared with conventional RF and microwave network analysis. This paper provides a review of the theory and techniques used for the small-signal characterisation of microwave photonic components. State-of-the-art architectures for lightwave network analysers and the corresponding two-port calibration techniques are described     

基于微波光子滤波器的归零到非归零码型转换研究

从信号频域处理的角度分析并实验验证了一种基于微波光子滤波器的归零(RZ)码到非归零(NRZ)码的码型变换方案。理论上,通过对RZ和NRZ码基带信号的频谱特点以及微波光子滤波器的特性进行分析,构建一个低通滤波器并对RZ码信号进行滤波,强烈抑制RZ码信号中的时钟分量,最终实现RZ到NRZ码的码型转换。在实验中,采用一种两抽头加色散延时的微波光子滤波器对速率为10Gbit/s的RZ码信号进行了处理,成功得到了转换后的NRZ码信号。信号波形和频谱均显示了此方案的良好性能。通过简单地调节微波光子滤波器的部分参数,可对任意速率的信号进行处理,具有很好的灵活性。     

Key technologies and system design for various radio over fiber applications

Key technologies and new system designs for various radio over fiber (RoF) applications are proposed and demonstrated. For ultrawideband (UWB) over fiber applications, several UWB pulses generation and distribution methods are carried out. Different kinds of UWB pulses are generated based on cross-polarization modulation methods. For millimeter-wave (mm-wave) wireless applications, a 32 GHz RoF system is demonstrated with microwave frequency sextupling by optical methods. After 20 km SMF transmission, the power penalty of 2.5 Gbit/s downlink service is less than 0.15 dB. It is also suitable to apply dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology to RoF system to support numerous base stations (BSs).     

Study on microwave photonic filters based on lasers and dispersive fiber

A general theoretical model for microwave photonic filters based on multi-wavelength light source and dispersive media is summarized and presented, and is applied to the analysis of double-laser-based microwave photonic notch filters’ performance. The different influences of the double-sideband(DSB) modulation and the single-sideband(SSB) modulation are demon- strated and explained theoretically. Furthermore, the impact of different factors, such as frequency spacing, 3dB bandwidth and the spectrum amplitude mismatch on the performance of the microwave photonic notch filters are also studied. The numerical simulation results are in good agreement with predictions, and could be beneficial for future optimization of microwave photonic filters.     

Effects of Direct Current Bias-Drifting on Radio on Fiber Link

The effects of direct current (dc) bias-drifting on radio on fiber (RoF) links are quantitative investigated and simulated. Single sideband (SSB) modulation and carrier suppressed double sideband (CS-DSB) modulation RoF links are considered, power variation of targeted signal and harmonic suppression on account for bias-drifting are calculated and evaluated. Our results suggest that power variation can be maintained within 1.1 dB with dc bias drift ε less than 5% in the SSB modulation RoF link and the degradation of harmonic suppression is evident with ε exceed 2% in the CS-DSB modulation RoF link.     

Microwave Photonics

Broadband and low loss capability of photonics has led to an ever-increasing interest in its use for the generation, processing, control and distribution of microwave and millimeter-wave signals for applications such as broadband wireless access networks, sensor networks, radar, satellite communitarians, instrumentation and warfare systems. In this tutorial, techniques developed in the last few years in microwave photonics are reviewed with an emphasis on the systems architectures for photonic generation and processing of microwave signals, photonic true-time delay beamforming, radio-over-fiber systems, and photonic analog-to-digital conversion. Challenges in system implementation for practical applications and new areas of research in microwave photonics are also discussed.      

Improved aquila optimization-based parameter evaluation framework and meta-heuristic algorithm in radio-over-fiber SpatialMux multi-input multi-output long-term evolution system

In heterogeneous access network, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) radio-over-fiber (RoF) system is an efficient approach for multiple signal transmission with low cost and complexity. The performance of RoF fronthaul system in MIMO system will be varied with different nonlinear effects. By adjusting various transmission parameters, such as the input signal power or the laser bias current, the nonlinear impacts produced by the RoF system can be reduced. In this paper, a novel algorithm Improved Aquila Optimization (IAO) is proposed to optimize transmission circumstances of MIMO RoF system. It determines the appropriate bias current for both lasers and Radio Frequency (RF) signal power in a short period. The input signals are wavelength multiplexed with Intensity Modulation and Direct Detection (IM/DD) applied. The carrier as well as transmission frequency is governed by the MIMO-Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard. The proposed system is implemented in MATLAB, and the performance is evaluated. The experimental results show that fast convergence and trade-off between noise and nonlinearity are obtained with varying bandwidth. In the experimental scenario, the maximum Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) of 1.88, 3.14, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 3.204, and 2.698 was attained for both quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation. [Correction added on 24 April 2023, after first online publication: the SNR values were corrected in the preceding sentence.] For 100 iterations, the processing time was reduced to 0.137 s. When compared with the conventional state-of-the-art approaches, the accuracy and computational complexity of the proposed approach are improved.     

微波光子认知雷达技术

针对宽带微波光子雷达易被外界电磁信号干扰,难以在复杂电磁环境下对多样化目标进行高速探测与识别的关键难题,本文提出一种能融合多个机会频带以实现高分辨率探测的微波光子认知雷达系统架构.探讨了与微波光子认知雷达系统相关的微波光子宽带实时频谱侦测、可重构波形产生和稀疏频带成像处理等关键技术,论证了方案的可行性.该方案充分发挥了...     

New optical microwave up-conversion solution in radio-over-fiber networks for 60-GHz wireless applications

A new method for generating optical microwave mixing based on the optical phase modulation and the fiber chromatic dispersion is further investigated. A theoretical approach based on the analysis of the optical field spectrum has lead to the evaluation of the mixing power and optimal fiber lengths of 60-GHz radio-over-fiber (RoF) networks. Results have shown adaptable fiber lengths to match the network specifications.     

空间激光通信高速多制式光调制技术

空间激光通信调制技术以幅度调制和相位调制为主,单一通信终端只能适应特定的调制格式,灵活性较差,存在星间链路组网应用的局限性。文章基于数字处理的光调制技术,采用LiNbO₃晶体正交相位调制器,结合闭环偏压控制算法,实现了光调制格式、调制速率可变的星载光调制器,并针对空间应用对幅度调制和相位调制方式进行了优化,最大化光纤放大器效率。该技术硬件实现了625Mb/s~5Gb/s通信速率分档可调,OOK,BPSK和QPSK调制格式可变,发射EVM优于9%,实际引入灵敏度损耗小于1dB。该调制器已经完成所有空间环境试验,可广泛适用于各种体制的激光通信终端,进行星地、星间激光通信建链。同时,该调制器具备模拟调制的功能,可实现星间微波光子信号的透明转发。     

基于光子学处理技术的被动毫米波成像

提出了一种采用电光调制和光子学处理技术的被动毫米波扫描成像方法.该成像方法中辐射计通过电光调制将毫米波信号转换到光波频率,采用光子学滤波器和光电探测器进行信息获取和处理.阐述了毫米波辐射信号光子学处理的工作原理,研究了器件参数对信号转换的影响,分析了该处理方法中系统的噪声特性.依据上述原理设计了一个基于光子学技术的机械...     

Linearization of DFB laser diode by external light-injected cross-gain modulation for radio-over-fiber link

A novel linearization technique of distributed-feedback laser diode in analog optical transmitter for radio-over-fiber (RoF) link was proposed. The proposed scheme was based on a light-injection technique using cross-gain modulation effect. According to the proposed idea, a linearized RoF transmitter module was implemented and evaluated. The enhanced performance of carrier-to-noise ratio and spurious-free dynamic range were experimentally demonstrated in a wide range of radio-frequency (RF) applications. The experimental results show that the proposed scheme can be applicable for broadband RF optical transmission applications.     

微波光子链路附加于电域相噪的理论研究

随着近些年微波光子学的快速发展,对微波光子链路的相位噪声的关注越来越高,本论文基于直调微波光子链路建立了链路对微波信号产生的附加相位噪声的理论模型。