Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 32, Issue 9, 906001(2012)

Vector Signal Modulation Technique Based on a Novel Frequency Quadrupling Scheme in Millimeter-Wave Band

Wang Yong*, Li Ming′an, Zhao Qiang, Wen Aijun, Wang Fangyan, and Shang Lei
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    A novel frequency quadrupling scheme based on a dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) for the generation of optical millimeter signal and modulation of the vector signal is demonstrated. The traditional frequency quadrupling modulation scheme, which modulates data on both +2 and -2 order optical sidebands and will cause the constellation overlapping after photodetector (PD) detection, can only carry the on-off keying data format such as not return to zero (NRZ). The proposed scheme encodes the electrical vector signal on the -1 order optical sideband, and a pure radio frequency (RF) tone at +3 order optical sideband. Therefore, phase and amplitude information will be correctly preserved after detection. Besides, a frequency quadrupling scheme is employed to reduce the bandwidth requirements of the electrical and optical components of the transmitter. A proof of concept and simulation is conducted by using a 6.25×108 symbol/s QPSK signal at a carrier frequency of 60 GHz , which indicates that the error vector magnitude (EVM) penalty is negligible after transmission over 20-km single-mode fiber (SMF).

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    Wang Yong, Li Ming′an, Zhao Qiang, Wen Aijun, Wang Fangyan, Shang Lei. Vector Signal Modulation Technique Based on a Novel Frequency Quadrupling Scheme in Millimeter-Wave Band[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2012, 32(9): 906001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Mar. 8, 2012

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 25, 2012

    The Author Email: Yong Wang (ywang@mail.xidian.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201232.0906001

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