Abstract
Two novel approaches without optical filtering are proposed for octupling optical millimeter-wave (MM-wave) 4PSK vector signal generation, one is based on dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DPMZM) and the other is based on integrated MZM. Theoretical analysis and simulation experiments are demonstrated for the two octupling schemes. In DPMZM based scheme, only the +4th-order sideband is modulated by data signal and the -4th-order sideband is un-modulated. While in integrated MZM based approach, only the +3rd-order sideband is modulated by data signal and the -5th-order sideband is un-modulated. RoF Links based on the two proposed schemes are established and 2.5 Gbit/s data transmission performances are evaluated. Both schemes can transmit the generated optical MM-wave 4PSK signal up to 30 Km at BER = 10-9, and the receiver sensitivity of DPMZM based approach is superior to that of integrated MZM based approach.
Keywords
Microwave Photonics, Radio over Fiber (RoF), Frequency octupling, Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM).
Citation
XIAOGANG CHEN, ZHENGOU HUANG, Mach-Zehnder modulator based octupling optical MM-wave 4PSK signal generation for RoF links, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 14, 5-6, May-June 2020, pp.220-223 (2020).
Submitted at: Feb. 27, 2020
Accepted at: June 16, 2020