Multi-band microwave photonic satellite repeater scheme employing intensity Mach-Zehnder modulators

doi:10.1016/S1005-8885(17)60203-6

中国邮电高校学报(英文) ›› 2017, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 89-95.doi: 10.1016/S1005-8885(17)60203-6

Multi-band microwave photonic satellite repeater scheme employing intensity Mach-Zehnder modulators

殷杰¹,董涛²,张斌²,郝研¹,曹桂兴²,程子敬¹,徐坤³,周月³,戴键³

1. 北京卫星信息工程研究所
2.
3. 北京邮电大学

收稿日期:2016-09-29 修回日期:2017-03-30 出版日期:2017-04-30 发布日期:2017-04-30
通讯作者: 殷杰 E-mail:kingjack333333@126.com
基金资助:
中国国家自然科学基金;中国国家自然科学基金;中国国家自然科学基金;中国国家自然科学基金;中国国家自然科学基金;中国国家自然科学基金

Multi-band microwave photonic satellite repeater scheme employing intensity Mach-Zehnder modulators

Received:2016-09-29 Revised:2017-03-30 Online:2017-04-30 Published:2017-04-30
Contact: Jie YIN E-mail:kingjack333333@126.com
Supported by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61302060, 91438117, 91538202), the CAST Fund for Distinguished Young Talents and CASC Scientific and Technological Innovative Research and Design Projects.

摘要/Abstract

摘要： To solve the satellite repeater’s flexible and wideband frequency conversion problem, we propose a novel microwave photonic repeater system, which can convert the upload signal’s carrier to six different frequencies. The scheme employs one 20 GHz bandwidth dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) and two 10 GHz bandwidth MZMs. The basic principle of this scheme is filtering out two optical sidebands after the optical carrier suppression (OCS) modulation and combining two sidebands modulated by the input radio frequency (RF) signal. This structure can realize simultaneous multi-band frequency conversion with only one frequency-fixed microwave source and prevent generating harmful interference sidebands by using two corresponding optical filters after optical modulation. In the simulation, one C-band signal of 6 GHz carrier can be successfully converted to 12 GHz (Ku-band), 28 GHz, 34 GHz, 40 GHz, 46 GHz (Ka-band) and 52 GHz (V-band), which can be an attractive method to realize multi-band microwave photonic satellite repeater. Alternatively, the scheme can be configured to generate multi-band local oscillators (LOs) for widely satellite onboard clock distribution when the input RF signal is replaced by the internal clock source.

关键词: fiber optics and optical communication, radio frequency photonics, microwave photonicsfiber optics and optical communication, radio frequency photonics, microwave photonics

Abstract: To solve the satellite repeater’s flexible and wideband frequency conversion problem, we propose a novel microwave photonic repeater system, which can convert the upload signal’s carrier to six different frequencies. The scheme employs one 20 GHz bandwidth dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) and two 10 GHz bandwidth MZMs. The basic principle of this scheme is filtering out two optical sidebands after the optical carrier suppression (OCS) modulation and combining two sidebands modulated by the input radio frequency (RF) signal. This structure can realize simultaneous multi-band frequency conversion with only one frequency-fixed microwave source and prevent generating harmful interference sidebands by using two corresponding optical filters after optical modulation. In the simulation, one C-band signal of 6 GHz carrier can be successfully converted to 12 GHz (Ku-band), 28 GHz, 34 GHz, 40 GHz, 46 GHz (Ka-band) and 52 GHz (V-band), which can be an attractive method to realize multi-band microwave photonic satellite repeater. Alternatively, the scheme can be configured to generate multi-band local oscillators (LOs) for widely satellite onboard clock distribution when the input RF signal is replaced by the internal clock source.

Key words: fiber optics and optical communication, radio frequency photonics, microwave photonicsfiber optics and optical communication, radio frequency photonics, microwave photonics

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