High dynamic range microwave photonic links for RF signal transport and RF-IF conversion

A Karim, J Devenport - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2008 - opg.optica.org
Two different techniques were used to extend the dynamic range of analog optical links
operating at microwave frequencies. The link noise figure was reduced by adjusting the bias …

[图书][B] Radio over fiber for wireless communications: from fundamentals to advanced topics

XN Fernando - 2014 - books.google.com
A comprehensive evaluation of Fi-Wi, enabling readers to design links using channel
estimation and equalization algorithms This book provides a detailed study of radio over …

A versatile bias control technique for any-point locking in lithium niobate Mach–Zehnder modulators

LL Wang, T Kowalcyzk - Journal of lightwave technology, 2010 - opg.optica.org
A versatile bias control technique for lithium niobate Mach–Zehnder modulators was
demonstrated. Using this technique, bias locking at any arbitrary position along the transfer …

An efficient photonic mixer with frequency doubling based on a dual-parallel MZM

Y Gao, A Wen, H Zhang, S Xiang, H Zhang, L Zhao… - optics …, 2014 - Elsevier
We propose and demonstrate a novel photonic microwave mixer based on an integrated
dual-parallel Mach–Zehnder modulator (DPMZM). The local oscillator (LO) signal is …

[PDF][PDF] High dynamic range analog photonic links: design and implementation

DAI Marpaung - 2009 - research.utwente.nl
Recently, there is an increasing interest in the distribution of (analog) radio frequency (RF)
or microwave signals over the optical fibers. In this so-called analog photonic links (APL) an …

Generation of stable and high extinction ratio light pulses for continuous variable quantum key distribution

X Wang, J Liu, X Li, Y Li - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose and demonstrate an approach to generate stable and high extinction ratio light
pulses with an extinction ratio 80 dB. To this end, a high stable bias locking technique is …

Improvement of linearity and mitigation of dispersion-induced power fading in multi-channel phase-modulated analog photonic link based on a polarization modulator

W Zhai, A Wen, H Zhang, W Zhang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We propose a multi-channel phase-modulated analog photonic link (APL) with linearization
and mitigation of dispersion-induced power fading based on a polarization modulator …

Photonic microwave frequency measurement with a tunable range based on a dual-polarization modulator

X Li, A Wen, X Ma, W Chen, Y Gao, W Zhang, Z Tu… - Applied Optics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
This paper presents a novel photonic-assisted microwave frequency measurement scheme
based on an integrated dual-polarization Mach–Zehnder modulator (DPol-MZM). The DPol …

Analog photonic link with tunable optical carrier to sideband ratio and balanced detection

Y Gao, A Wen, Z Peng, Z Tu - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical carrier to sideband ratio (CSR) optimization and balanced detection are two effective
techniques to improve the performance of an analogy photonic link (APL). Here, we …

Modulation based ranging for direct displacement measurements of a dynamic surface

K Rainey, S Gilbertson, D Kalb, T Beery - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We developed a method for directly measuring displacement of a moving surface for use
with dynamic or high explosive driven experiments. The technique, called “Modulation …