Abstract
A novel scheme is proposed for frequency 16-tupling millimeter-wave generation based on two cascaded integrated
dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZM) without optical filtering. The impact of imperfect extinction ratio (EXT) of MZM on
system performance is investigated. The improvement of system performance through MZM modulation index optimization is
also analyzed. Simulation verifications are provided for the microwave frequency multiplication scheme. In addition, the impact
of MZM bias drift and phase drift on optical mm-wave generation is analyzed..
Keywords
Microwave Photonics, 16-tupling, Mach-Zehnder modulators, Extinction ratio, Modulation index optimization.
Citation
XIAOGANG CHEN, LU XIA, DEXIU HUANG, Optical generation of 16-tupling millimeter-wave signal without optical filtering, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 12, 7-8, July-August 2018, pp.455-459 (2018).
Submitted at: July 19, 2017
Accepted at: Aug. 9, 2018