Ultra-broadband Photonic Harmonic Mixer Based on Optical Comb Generation
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2012
We propose a novel photonic harmonic mixer operating
at frequencies up to the millimeter-wave (MMW) band.
By combining a broadband fiber-wireless signal with highorder
harmonics of a fundamental local oscillator in an optical
frequency comb generator, frequency down-conversion can be
implemented without using costly ultra-broadband photodiode.
It is theoretically shown that the down-conversion efficiency
and the bandwidth of the mixer is highly dependent on the
optical modulation indices and the fundamental frequency of
comb lines. Down-conversion of a W-band (75-110GHz) fiberwireless
signal is experimentally demonstrated. Moreover, the
error vector magnitude (EVM) performance of a multi-gigabit
quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) signal at 62.5, 82.5 and
102.5GHz carrier frequencies is studied to evaluate the downconversion
efficiency. The proposed photonic harmonic mixer can
be a candidate for applications in high capacity fiber-wireless
communication systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | I E E E Photonics Technology Letters |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Journal number | 1 |
| Pages | 16-18 |
| ISSN | 1041-1135 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published |
| Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 3 |
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Keywords
- Harmonic mixer, Fiber wireless communication, Microwave photonics, Radio-over-Fiber systems
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