An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Photonic Channelizer Based on Coherent Optical Frequency Combs and Image-Reject Down-Conversion
Radio frequency (RF) channelization receiver is one of the most effective methods for processing ultra-wideband RF signals. In this paper, an ultra-wideband microwave photonic channelizer based on coherent optical frequency combs (OFCs) and image-reject down-converter is proposed and demonstrated. T...
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doaj-b8a5992885c2400892748248b25b76e62021-03-30T03:53:16ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01821311521312110.1109/ACCESS.2020.30404209270283An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Photonic Channelizer Based on Coherent Optical Frequency Combs and Image-Reject Down-ConversionBo Chen0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4402-3434Yangyu Fan1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0689-5418Wuying Wang2Yongsheng Gao3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0388-0096School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, ChinaRadio frequency (RF) channelization receiver is one of the most effective methods for processing ultra-wideband RF signals. In this paper, an ultra-wideband microwave photonic channelizer based on coherent optical frequency combs (OFCs) and image-reject down-converter is proposed and demonstrated. The OFCs used in the system are generated by two dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators (DPMZM), and the free spectrum range (FSR) is flexibly adjustable. The image-reject down-converter can not only effectively achieve image separation but also suppress the seven-order distortion and DC offset using balanced detection. A K- and Ka-band RF signal covering the frequency band from 25 to 30 GHz is sliced into 5 sub-channels with 1-GHz bandwidth, two-tone signals with frequencies of 27.5 and 27.51GHz are used to measure the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) which is 116.8 dB$\cdot $ Hz<sup>2/3</sup>, the image-rejection is over 66.4 dB, and the error vector magnitude (EVM) is 4.2%.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9270283/Microwave photonicschannelizationoptical frequency comb (OFC)image rejectionbalanced detection |
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Bo Chen Yangyu Fan Wuying Wang Yongsheng Gao An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Photonic Channelizer Based on Coherent Optical Frequency Combs and Image-Reject Down-Conversion IEEE Access Microwave photonics channelization optical frequency comb (OFC) image rejection balanced detection |
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An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Photonic Channelizer Based on Coherent Optical Frequency Combs and Image-Reject Down-Conversion |
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An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Photonic Channelizer Based on Coherent Optical Frequency Combs and Image-Reject Down-Conversion |
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An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Photonic Channelizer Based on Coherent Optical Frequency Combs and Image-Reject Down-Conversion |
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An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Photonic Channelizer Based on Coherent Optical Frequency Combs and Image-Reject Down-Conversion |
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An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Photonic Channelizer Based on Coherent Optical Frequency Combs and Image-Reject Down-Conversion |
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ultra-wideband microwave photonic channelizer based on coherent optical frequency combs and image-reject down-conversion |
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Radio frequency (RF) channelization receiver is one of the most effective methods for processing ultra-wideband RF signals. In this paper, an ultra-wideband microwave photonic channelizer based on coherent optical frequency combs (OFCs) and image-reject down-converter is proposed and demonstrated. The OFCs used in the system are generated by two dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators (DPMZM), and the free spectrum range (FSR) is flexibly adjustable. The image-reject down-converter can not only effectively achieve image separation but also suppress the seven-order distortion and DC offset using balanced detection. A K- and Ka-band RF signal covering the frequency band from 25 to 30 GHz is sliced into 5 sub-channels with 1-GHz bandwidth, two-tone signals with frequencies of 27.5 and 27.51GHz are used to measure the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) which is 116.8 dB$\cdot $ Hz<sup>2/3</sup>, the image-rejection is over 66.4 dB, and the error vector magnitude (EVM) is 4.2%. |
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Microwave photonics channelization optical frequency comb (OFC) image rejection balanced detection |
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