Zhenyu Li, Tao Wu, Zhenyang Shi, Enming Xu, Zuxing Zhang
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Filter-free microwave photonic single-sideband mixer with mixing spurs suppressed based on dual-polarization dual-drive Mach–Zehnder modulator
A filter-free microwave photonic single-sideband mixer based on dual-polarization dual-drive Mach–Zehnder modulator (DPol-DDMZM) is proposed and verified experimentally. By adjusting the bias voltages of two DDMZMs, each DDMZM generates a single-sideband (SSB) signal with upper or lower sideband. The optical carrier is cancelled by adjusting the polarization controller before a polarizer. The single-sideband frequency upconversion and downconversion are independently achieved with the mixing spurs suppressed. The proposed frequency converter has a large operating bandwidth since no filter is used, and there is no dispersion-induced power fading due to the SSB modulation when transmitting in a long fiber with a dispersion. Experimental results show that all the mixing spurs are well suppressed over a wideband frequency range, and the maximum sideband suppression ratio of desired signal is up to 36 dB.
期刊介绍:
Optical Review is an international journal published by the Optical Society of Japan. The scope of the journal is:
General and physical optics;
Quantum optics and spectroscopy;
Information optics;
Photonics and optoelectronics;
Biomedical photonics and biological optics;
Lasers;
Nonlinear optics;
Optical systems and technologies;
Optical materials and manufacturing technologies;
Vision;
Infrared and short wavelength optics;
Cross-disciplinary areas such as environmental, energy, food, agriculture and space technologies;
Other optical methods and applications.