Photonic Image-free Mixer Based on a Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator and Fiber Dispersion for Radio-Over-Fiber System
Author(s): Lin, T (Lin, Tao); Zhang, ZK (Zhang, Zhike); Li, JY (Li, Jinye); Zhao, SH (Zhao, Shanghong); Liu, JG (Liu, Jianguo); Zhang, K (Zhang, Kun); Jiang, W (Jiang, Wei); Li, H (Li, He); Wang, GD (Wang, Guodong); Zheng, QR (Zheng, Qiurong)
Source: IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL Volume: 11 Issue: 6 Article Number: 5503412 DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2947480 Published: DEC 2019
Abstract: In this paper, a simple image rejection mixer based on the dispersion effect in the single mode fiber is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for the radio-over-fiber (RoF) system. The key idea is to control the DC bias voltages of the dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DPMZM) to compensate for the desired components and eliminate the image induced components simultaneously during the fiber transmission. The experimental results show, the image rejection ratio (IRR) of similar to 50 dB is realized, and the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) is about 100.75 dB.Hz(2/3). In addition, the results also demonstrate an image-free intermediate frequency (IF) range of 0.5 GHz-9.5 GHz. This image-free mixer can be widely employed in the radio-over-fiber (RoF) system, and greatly simplify the receiver structure in the base station.
Accession Number: WOS:000575094900001
Author Identifiers:
Author Web of Science ResearcherID ORCID Number
zhang, zhi ke 0000-0002-8726-3174
ISSN: 1943-0655
eISSN: 1943-0647
