In this work,we analyze and demonstrate a novel photonic-assisted broadband and high-resolution radio frequency(RF) channelization scheme based on dual coherent optical frequency combs(OFCs),regular optical de-muxes,and polarization I/Q demodulators in theory and experiment.The use of two coherent combs avoids precise optical alignment,and a numerical filter in digital signal processor(DSP) enables an ideal rectangular frequency response in each channel without any ultra-narrow optical filters.Besides,due to the use of polarization I/Q demodulation,ambiguous frequency estimate in direct detection can be avoided and the amplitude,phase mismatch in traditional I/Q demodulation can be mitigated.In experiment,we use two coherent OFCs with the free spectrum range(FSR) of about 40 GHz to demonstrate the channelization scheme with seven channels,500 MHz channel spacing and frequency coverage from 3.75 GHz to 7.25 GHz.The input RF tones are accurately down-converted to an intermediate frequency(IF) with a maximum frequency error of 110 kHz.Meanwhile,crosstalk and spurious free dynamic range(SFDR) of the scheme are also discussed.
DAI YiTangXU KunXIE XiaoJunYAN LiWANG RuiXinLIN JinTong
A novel photonic-assisted approach to microwave frequency measurement is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The proposed scheme is based on the frequency-to-power mapping with different transmis- sion responses. A polarizer is used in one output branch of a phase modulator to simultaneously implement phase modulation and intensity modulation. Owing to the complementary nature of the transmission re- sponses and the Mach-Zehnder interferometers （MZIs）, this scheme theoretically provides high resolution and tunable measurement range. The measurement errors in the experimental results can be kept within 0.2 GHz over a freauencv ranee from 0.1 to 5.3 GHz.
The effects of optical losses oil a directly-modulated radio-over-fiber （RoF） system used for distributed antenna networks are determined. The results show that with a properly designed bidirectional amplifier, the RoF link can tolerate over 20 and 16 dB of optical losses for down- and up-links, respectively. Simulation results are also consistent with the experimental data. These findings can contribute to tile design of RoF distributed antenna systems with different topologies.
