Photonic Approach for Generation and Fast Switching of Binary Digitally Modulated RF Signals

A photonic method to generate hybrid binary digitally modulated radio frequency (RF) signals (i.e. ASK, PSK, and FSK) by using a polarization-division-multiplexed Mach-Zehnder modulator (PDM-MZM) is proposed. The PDM-MZM is driven by two RF signals with different carrier frequencies and two multipli...

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Main Authors: Xia Feng, Lianshan Yan, Peng Li, Jia Ye, Xihua Zou, Wei Pan, Bin Luo
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9188021/
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Lianshan Yan
Peng Li
Jia Ye
Xihua Zou
Wei Pan
Bin Luo
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Jia Ye
Xihua Zou
Wei Pan
Bin Luo
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description A photonic method to generate hybrid binary digitally modulated radio frequency (RF) signals (i.e. ASK, PSK, and FSK) by using a polarization-division-multiplexed Mach-Zehnder modulator (PDM-MZM) is proposed. The PDM-MZM is driven by two RF signals with different carrier frequencies and two multiplied digital signals. By properly controlling the offsets and the amplitudes of the digital signals, ASK, PSK, and FSK signals can be generated and switched fastly. RF signals at 4/6 GHz and 10/15 GHz with switchable modulation formats are experimentally generated. Moreover, the performances of the generated signals are evaluated in a wireless transmission system and corresponding bit error rate (BER) curves of the signals are presented.
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spelling doaj-art-174eaaa1ad1a45f98825989a71e8f19a2025-08-20T03:15:50ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552020-01-011251810.1109/JPHOT.2020.30226599188021Photonic Approach for Generation and Fast Switching of Binary Digitally Modulated RF SignalsXia Feng0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4118-4486Lianshan Yan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3633-7161Peng Li2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-7661Jia Ye3Xihua Zou4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7240-4229Wei Pan5Bin Luo6Center for Information Photonics and Communications, School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaCenter for Information Photonics and Communications, School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaCenter for Information Photonics and Communications, School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaCenter for Information Photonics and Communications, School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaCenter for Information Photonics and Communications, School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaCenter for Information Photonics and Communications, School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaCenter for Information Photonics and Communications, School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaA photonic method to generate hybrid binary digitally modulated radio frequency (RF) signals (i.e. ASK, PSK, and FSK) by using a polarization-division-multiplexed Mach-Zehnder modulator (PDM-MZM) is proposed. The PDM-MZM is driven by two RF signals with different carrier frequencies and two multiplied digital signals. By properly controlling the offsets and the amplitudes of the digital signals, ASK, PSK, and FSK signals can be generated and switched fastly. RF signals at 4/6 GHz and 10/15 GHz with switchable modulation formats are experimentally generated. Moreover, the performances of the generated signals are evaluated in a wireless transmission system and corresponding bit error rate (BER) curves of the signals are presented.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9188021/Radio frequency photonicsmicrowave signal generationmodulation
spellingShingle Xia Feng
Lianshan Yan
Peng Li
Jia Ye
Xihua Zou
Wei Pan
Bin Luo
Photonic Approach for Generation and Fast Switching of Binary Digitally Modulated RF Signals
IEEE Photonics Journal
Radio frequency photonics
microwave signal generation
modulation
title Photonic Approach for Generation and Fast Switching of Binary Digitally Modulated RF Signals
title_full Photonic Approach for Generation and Fast Switching of Binary Digitally Modulated RF Signals
title_fullStr Photonic Approach for Generation and Fast Switching of Binary Digitally Modulated RF Signals
title_full_unstemmed Photonic Approach for Generation and Fast Switching of Binary Digitally Modulated RF Signals
title_short Photonic Approach for Generation and Fast Switching of Binary Digitally Modulated RF Signals
title_sort photonic approach for generation and fast switching of binary digitally modulated rf signals
topic Radio frequency photonics
microwave signal generation
modulation
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9188021/
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