Generation of Reconfigurable Frequency-Conversion Signals with Full-Range Phase Shift Based on Microwave Photonics

He Li; Shanghong Zhao; Jixiang Wu; Tao Lin; Kun Zhang; Guodong Wang; Wei Jiang; Xuan Li

doi:10.3788/AOS202040.0825001

Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 8, 0825001(2020)

Generation of Reconfigurable Frequency-Conversion Signals with Full-Range Phase Shift Based on Microwave Photonics

He Li¹, Shanghong Zhao^1、*, Jixiang Wu², Tao Lin¹, Kun Zhang¹, Guodong Wang¹, Wei Jiang³, and Xuan Li¹

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¹Information and Navigation College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi′an, Shaanxi 710077, China

²Air Force Communications Sergeant School, Dalian, Liaoning 116600, China

³Xi′an Branch of National Key Laboratory on Space Technology, Xi′an, Shaanxi 710077, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the proposed frequency-doubled signal generation and frequency up-conversion or frequency down-conversion signal generation with full range phase shift

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Fig. 2. RF input and DC biases of PDM-DPMZM under different phase-shift functions, and corresponding output spectrum diagram. (a) Frequency-doubled signal with phase shift; (b) frequency up-converted signal with phase shift; (c) frequency down-converted signal with phase shift; (d) output spectra for different components

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Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of the proposed multiband frequency-conversion signal generation with full range phase shift in multichannel

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Fig. 4. RF input and DC biases during the generation of the multiband frequency-conversion signal with phase shift in multichannel, and combination of optical sidebands. (a) RF input and DC biases; (b) combination 1; (c) combination 2

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Fig. 5. Optical spectra (left) at the output of PDM-DPMZM and electric spectra (right) at the output of PD in four cases. (a) In the case of the frequency doubling operation; (b) in the case of the frequency up-conversion operation; (c) in the case of the frequency down-conversion operation; (d) in the case of the multiband frequency conversion in multichannel

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Fig. 6. Waveforms of phase tuned signals in the case of the frequency doubling operation, frequency up-conversion and down-conversion operation and waveforms of phase tuned signals in different channels of multiband frequency conversion. (a) Waveforms of phase tuned frequency doubled signal (10 GHz); (b) waveforms of phase tuned frequency up-converted signal (13 GHz); (c) waveforms of phase tuned frequency down-converted signal (1 GHz); (d) waveforms of phase tuned signals in channel 1 of multiband freq

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Fig. 7. Power variation of phase tuned signals under different conditions of frequency doubling, frequency up-conversion, frequency down-conversion and multiband frequency conversion. (a) Power variation under different conditions of frequency doubling, frequency up-conversion and frequency down-conversion; (b) power variation under generation of multiband frequency conversion signals

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Fig. 8. Effect of DC points drift on system performance during the generation of frequency up-converted signal (13 GHz). (a) Power variation with the DC points drift; (b) USSR variation with the DC points drift

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Fig. 9. Effect of DC points drift on system performance during the generation of the multiband frequency conversion signals (one of the signals with frequency of 7 GHz). (a) Power variation with the DC points drift; (b) USSR variation with the DC points drift

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Fig. 10. System performance during the generation of frequency up-converted signal. (a) Power variation when V_bias_x₁ and V_bias_x₂ drift at the same time; (b) USSR variation when V_bias_x₁ and V_bias_x₂ drift at the same time; (c) power variation when V_bias_x₁ and V_bia

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Fig. 11. System performance when three or more DC biases drift at the same time during the generation of frequency up-converted signal. (a) Power variation; (b) USSR variation

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Fig. 12. Effect of extinction ratio on USSR and the flatness of OFC. (a) USSR of frequency up-converted signal (13 GHz); (b) flatness of OFC in generation of multiband frequency conversion signals

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Fig. 13. RF power and USSR of the up-converted phase tunable signal versus different polarization angles and different phase differences. (a) Polarization angle θ; (b) phase difference Δ

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Table 1. Value of RF input and DC biases under different conditions, namely generation of frequency-doubled signal with phase shift, generation of frequency up-converted signal with phase shift and generation

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Table 1. Value of RF input and DC biases under different conditions, namely generation of frequency-doubled signal with phase shift, generation of frequency up-converted signal with phase shift and generation

Function	${ω_{x}}_{}$ /GHz	${ω_{y}}_{}$ /GHz	${V_{bias x 1}}_{}$ /V	${V_{bias x 2}}_{}$ /V	${φ_{x 3}}_{}$ /(°)	${V_{bias y 1}}_{}$ /V	${V_{bias y 2}}_{}$ /V	${φ_{y 3}}_{}$ /(°)
Frequency doubled signal with phase shift	5	5	3.5	-3.5	-90	3.5	-3.5	90
Frequency up-converted signal with phase shift	5	8	3.5	-3.5	-90	3.5	-3.5	90
Frequency down-converted signal with phase shift	5	4	3.5	-3.5	90	3.5	-3.5	90

Table 2. Parameters of PDM-DPMZM when it generates two orthogonally polarized OFCs
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Table 2. Parameters of PDM-DPMZM when it generates two orthogonally polarized OFCs
${ω_{R F_{1}}}_{}$ /GHz ${ω_{R F_{2}}}_{}$ /GHz $m_{R F_{1}}$ $m_{R F_{2}}$ ${V_{R F_{1}}}_{}$ /V ${V_{R F_{2}}}_{}$ /V ${V_{bias x 1}}_{}$ /V ${V_{bias x 2}}_{}$ /V ${V_{bias x 3}}_{}$ /V V_bias_y₁ /V V_bias_y₂ /V ${V_{bias y 3}}_{}$ /V
5 3 0.83 0.83 0.925 0.925 0.455 -1.05 -2.8 0.455 -1.05 -2.8

Table 3. Comparison of structure with different schemes

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Table 3. Comparison of structure with different schemes

Scheme	Function	Operating frequency	Generated frequency	Power variation	Main component	Phase shift device
Proposed	Frequency up/down-conversion,frequency doubling with phase tuning	2 to 25 GHz	Several MHz to 50 GHz	±0.2 dB	PDM-DPMZM	Pol
Proposed	Multiband frequency conversion with phase tuning	2 to 25 GHz	Several MHz to 150 GHz	±0.2 dB	DPM-DPMZM, programmer optical filter/DWDM	Pol
In Ref. [23]	Frequency down-conversion with phase tuning	12 to 20 GHz	Intermediate frequency	±1 dB	DMZM,FBG	DC bias control device/optical wavelengths switching device
In Ref. [24]	Frequency down-conversion with phase tuning, zero-intermediate frequency (IF) receiving	> 50 GHz	Intermediate frequency	No discussion	PM in a Sagnacloop, OBPF	PC
In Ref. [25]	Multiband frequency conversion with phase tuning	2 to 18 GHz	Several MHz to 83 GHz	±0.5 dB	PDM-DPMZM	Electrical phase shifter

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He Li, Shanghong Zhao, Jixiang Wu, Tao Lin, Kun Zhang, Guodong Wang, Wei Jiang, Xuan Li. Generation of Reconfigurable Frequency-Conversion Signals with Full-Range Phase Shift Based on Microwave Photonics[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(8): 0825001

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Paper Information

Category: OPTOELECTRONICS

Received: Nov. 12, 2019

Accepted: Dec. 30, 2019

Published Online: Apr. 13, 2020

The Author Email: Zhao Shanghong (zhaoshangh@aliyun.com)

DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.0825001

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Table 1. Value of RF input and DC biases under different conditions, namely generation of frequency-doubled signal with phase shift, generation of frequency up-converted signal with phase shift and generation

Table 1. Value of RF input and DC biases under different conditions, namely generation of frequency-doubled signal with phase shift, generation of frequency up-converted signal with phase shift and generation

Table 2. Parameters of PDM-DPMZM when it generates two orthogonally polarized OFCs

Table 2. Parameters of PDM-DPMZM when it generates two orthogonally polarized OFCs

Table 3. Comparison of structure with different schemes

Table 3. Comparison of structure with different schemes