Title :
High accuracy microwave frequency measurement based on single-drive dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Zhao, Ying ; Deng, Lei ; Pang, Xiaodan ; Yu, Xianbin ; Zheng, Xiaoping ; Zhou, Bingkun ; Monroy, I. Tafur
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
A novel approach for broadband microwave frequency measurement based on bias manipulation of a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. A 10-3 relative error verifies a significant accuracy improvement by this method.
Keywords :
frequency measurement; microwave measurement; microwave photonics; optical modulation; bias manipulation; high accuracy microwave frequency measurement; radio frequency photonics; relative error; single-drive dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator; Accuracy; Frequency measurement; Measurement uncertainty; Microwave measurements; Microwave photonics; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
