Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

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Simplified microwave signal generation using carrier polarization-suppressed double sideband modulation and no optical filtering

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Wenjing Xu

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State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Xinlu Gao,

Xinlu Gao

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Wensheng Zhai,

Wensheng Zhai

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Mingyang Zhao,

Mingyang Zhao

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Mutong Xie,

Mutong Xie

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Shanguo Huang,

Shanguo Huang

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Wenjing Xu,

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Wenjing Xu

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State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Xinlu Gao,

Xinlu Gao

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Wensheng Zhai,

Wensheng Zhai

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Mingyang Zhao,

Mingyang Zhao

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Mutong Xie,

Mutong Xie

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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Shanguo Huang,

Shanguo Huang

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876 China

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First published: 26 February 2017

https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.30409

Citations: 3

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A simple and versatile method to realize optical generation of microwave signal using carrier polarization-suppressed double sideband modulation and no optical filtering is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By simply adjusting the polarization direction of the polarizer, the optical carrier generated by the single-drive intensity modulator along one polarization direction is polarization-suppressed by the pure optical carrier along another orthogonal polarization direction. A high spectrum purity 20 GHz electrical signal with more than 36 dB optical harmonic distortion suppression ratio is generated when the driving signal is 10 GHz. The system is simple, cost-effective and fast frequency tuned as no optical filtering technique is required, which may be attractive to the radio over fiber system. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:840–843, 2017

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