Simulation and analysis of optical generation of millimeter-wave with imbalanced MZM

Author

Ying, Xiangyue ; Xu, Tiefeng ; Liu, Taijun ; Nie, Qiuhua

Author_Institution

Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Ningbo Univ., Ningbo, China

fYear

2011

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1020

Lastpage

1023

Abstract

Optical generation of millimeter-wave (mm-wave) is very attractive for applications such as radio-over-fiber for wireless communications, imaging, and radio astronomy observations. The optical generation of mm-wave signal employing double-sideband with carrier suppression (DSBCS) modulation using a single-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) is theoretically analyzed. The impact of the finite extinction ratio (ER) of MZM on the generated mm-wave signal is discussed. Simulation results were carried out with the software OptiSystem 7.

Keywords

microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical modulation; DSBCS modulation; carrier suppression; double-sideband; finite extinction ratio; imbalanced MZM; millimeter-wave signal; mm-wave signal; optical generation; single-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Mach-Zehnder modulator; Millimeter-Wave Generation; double-sideband with carrier suppression; microwave photonics; radio-over-fiber (RoF);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Communications and Control (ICECC), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ningbo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0320-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECC.2011.6066302

Filename

6066302