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Improved quadrupling photonic millimeter-wave generation and RoF transmission without optical filtering

XIAOGANG CHEN1,2,*

Affiliation

  1. School of Photoelectronic Engineering, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
  2. Nanfang Communications Technology Corporation Limited, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Abstract

Based on parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulators (PMZM), an optimized scheme for improving the generation of frequency quadrupling photonic millimeter-wave is proposed. In the designed scheme, by optimizing unbalanced modulation indices of each MZM, high-quality photonic millimeter-wave was still generated under non-ideal actual MZM condition. The feasibility of the proposed scheme is verified by theoretical analysis and simulation experiment. With the proposed approach, both the optical sideband suppression ratio (OSSR) and RF spurious suppression ratio (RSSR) of the generated photonic millimeter-wave have been enhanced, and the receiver sensitivity of the corresponding Radio over Fiber (RoF) transmission system has also been optimized.

Keywords

Microwave Photonics, Radio over Fiber (RoF), Mach-Zehnder modulators.

Citation

XIAOGANG CHEN, Improved quadrupling photonic millimeter-wave generation and RoF transmission without optical filtering, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 20, 1-2, January-February 2026, pp.12-16 (2026).

Submitted at: Aug. 24, 2025

Accepted at: Feb. 2, 2026