Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 17, 1713002(2022)

Broadband Linearization of Microwave Photonic Link Based on Single-Drive Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator

Huanjian Deng1,2, Shangyuan Li2, Shiming Yang1,2, Qiang Liu1、*, and Minming Geng1
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  • 1School of Computer, Electronics and Information, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi , China
  • 2Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    This study proposes a broadband linearization scheme based on a single-drive dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (SD-DPMZM) to improve the spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of microwave photonic link in broadband transmission. The third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) is theoretically eliminated using an 180° hybrid, thereby optimizing the biases of the dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator. The simulated results show that IMD3 is completely suppressed when the input signal had two tones. An IMD3 suppression and SFDR improvement of 68 dB and 14.5 dB, respectively, are generated when SD-DPMZM is driven by two radio frequency tones of 10 and 10.01 GHz. Furthermore, results show that SFDR can remain above 114.3 dB·Hz2/3 when the signal is changed from the X-band to K-band.

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    Huanjian Deng, Shangyuan Li, Shiming Yang, Qiang Liu, Minming Geng. Broadband Linearization of Microwave Photonic Link Based on Single-Drive Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(17): 1713002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Dec. 13, 2021

    Accepted: Dec. 24, 2021

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2022

    The Author Email: Liu Qiang (q.liu@gxu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.1713002

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