Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 36, Issue 6, 1454(2009)

Optical Quantization Technique for Microwave Signal Based on Double Channel Sampling

Fu Xin*, Zhang Hongming, and Yao Minyu
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    An improved scheme of intensity-modulating optical quantization technique for microwave signal is proposed and demonstrated by using double channel sampling. This scheme reduces the complexity and dramatically improves the operation bandwidth by eliminating the need of dual complementary-output intensity modulator. In an experimental demonstration, 8-channel outputs of optical quantization system for microwave signal are obtained with quantization levels of 16. A sinusoidal microwave signal of 2.5 GHz is quantized using pulse sequence with repetition rate of 20 GHz. Good fit sinusoidal curve can be obtained from the quantization values, which proves the feasibility of the proposed scheme.

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    Category: Optical communication

    Received: Sep. 22, 2008

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 8, 2009

    The Author Email: Xin Fu (fux05@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn)

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