Frequency-Doubling Photonic Vector Millimeter-Wave Signal Generation From One DML

We propose a novel and simple scheme for high-frequency photonic vector millimeter-wave (mm-wave) signal generation based on photonic frequency doubling enabled by a single directly modulated laser (DML), precoding, and analog frequency upconversion. The introduction of a DML avoids the need for an...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Photonics Journal
Main Authors: Xinying Li, Jiangnan Xiao, Yuming Xu, Long Chen, Jianjun Yu
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2015
Subjects:
Photonic vector signal generation
directly modulated laser (DML)
phase precoding
frequency doubling
quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK)
Applied optics. Photonics
TA1501-1820
Optics. Light
QC350-467
DML
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2496859
https://doaj.org/article/2096299201114fb58f3775baa387bcc4
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Summary:We propose a novel and simple scheme for high-frequency photonic vector millimeter-wave (mm-wave) signal generation based on photonic frequency doubling enabled by a single directly modulated laser (DML), precoding, and analog frequency upconversion. The introduction of a DML avoids the need for an external optical modulator and, thus, simplifies the architecture and reduces the cost. The adoption of analog frequency upconversion effectively overcomes the bandwidth limitation of the current commercially available digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and, thus, increases the attained carrier frequency of the generated vector mm-wave signal. Based on our proposed scheme, we experimentally demonstrate the generation of a 40-GHz quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK)-modulated vector mm-wave signal. The generated 40-GHz QPSK-modulated vector mm-wave signal can be delivered over a 0.5-m wireless distance with up to a 4-GBd rate and a bit error ratio (BER) less than the hard-decision forward-error-correction (HD-FEC) threshold of 3.8 × 10 -3 .

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