Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the proposed microwave photonic FMPS

Fig. 2. The simulation setup of the proposed MPPS

Fig. 3. Optical spectra of the CS-DSB modulated signal from the MZM₁(a) and MZM₂(b) and CS-SSB modulated signal from the upper (c) and lower (d) port of the OC₁

Fig. 4. (a) Optical spectra of the output of the OC₂ and (b) electrical spectra of the photocurrent output from the PD at FMF of 2

Fig. 5. Optical spectra of the output of the OC₂ and electric domain spectra with FMF at 3 (a)(b), 4(c)(d), 5 (e)(f), 6 (g)(h), 7 (i)(j) and 8 (k)(l), respectively

Fig. 6. OSSR and ESSR of the generated microwaves signal with different FMFs

Fig. 7. (a) OSSR and ESSR of the generated microwaves signal varying with power of CW laser and (b) varying with ERs of MZM₁

Fig. 8. The relationship between phase and DC voltage of PM

Fig. 9. Measured power of the generated signal at different frequencies of the optical carrier (a) and RF driving signal (c), and phase response of the FMPS at different frequencies of the optical carrier (b) and RF driving signal (d) when FMF=8

Fig. 10. OSSR and ESSR of the generated microwave signal when (a) the modulation index of MZM₁ is varied from 2.05 to 2.77 and (b) the phase difference between the two input RF signals changes from 16° to 75° when FMF=8