A Microwave Frequency Measurement System Based on Si3N4 Ring-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
A microwave frequency measurement system based on a ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer (RAMZI) with a large measurement range and high accuracy is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By using single-sideband modulation, the microwave signal with unknown frequency is converted to an opti...
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| description | A microwave frequency measurement system based on a ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer (RAMZI) with a large measurement range and high accuracy is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By using single-sideband modulation, the microwave signal with unknown frequency is converted to an optical sideband signal, which is used to probe the two complementary output optical powers of the ring-assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer, then a fixed frequency-to-power mapping is established by obtaining a highly linear amplitude comparison function (ACF). High-precision frequency measurement with a root mean square error (RMSE) of less than 30 MHz was achieved in a frequency range of 5.2 GHz, and relative low-precision frequency measurement with a RMSE of less than 102 MHz was achieved in a frequency range of 11 GHz. Besides, in order to break the trade-off between measurement range and measurement accuracy, a multi-band measurement method was implemented and frequency measurement range of 5∼39 GHz with RMSE lower than 37 MHz was achieved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2c7669e1fb3b4f378eb2bcc605ec81972025-08-20T03:15:48ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552020-01-0112411310.1109/JPHOT.2020.30041669122571A Microwave Frequency Measurement System Based on Si3N4 Ring-Assisted Mach-Zehnder InterferometerHao Zhang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6400-3177Pengfei Zheng1Huimin Yang2Guohua Hu3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7492-1393Binfeng Yun4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1300-8154Yiping Cui5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4648-2506Advanced Photonics Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaAdvanced Photonics Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaAdvanced Photonics Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaAdvanced Photonics Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaAdvanced Photonics Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaAdvanced Photonics Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaA microwave frequency measurement system based on a ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer (RAMZI) with a large measurement range and high accuracy is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By using single-sideband modulation, the microwave signal with unknown frequency is converted to an optical sideband signal, which is used to probe the two complementary output optical powers of the ring-assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer, then a fixed frequency-to-power mapping is established by obtaining a highly linear amplitude comparison function (ACF). High-precision frequency measurement with a root mean square error (RMSE) of less than 30 MHz was achieved in a frequency range of 5.2 GHz, and relative low-precision frequency measurement with a RMSE of less than 102 MHz was achieved in a frequency range of 11 GHz. Besides, in order to break the trade-off between measurement range and measurement accuracy, a multi-band measurement method was implemented and frequency measurement range of 5∼39 GHz with RMSE lower than 37 MHz was achieved.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9122571/Microwave frequency measurementmicrowave photonicsring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer |
| spellingShingle | Hao Zhang Pengfei Zheng Huimin Yang Guohua Hu Binfeng Yun Yiping Cui A Microwave Frequency Measurement System Based on Si3N4 Ring-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer IEEE Photonics Journal Microwave frequency measurement microwave photonics ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer |
| title | A Microwave Frequency Measurement System Based on Si3N4 Ring-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer |
| title_full | A Microwave Frequency Measurement System Based on Si3N4 Ring-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer |
| title_fullStr | A Microwave Frequency Measurement System Based on Si3N4 Ring-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Microwave Frequency Measurement System Based on Si3N4 Ring-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer |
| title_short | A Microwave Frequency Measurement System Based on Si3N4 Ring-Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer |
| title_sort | microwave frequency measurement system based on si3n4 ring assisted mach zehnder interferometer |
| topic | Microwave frequency measurement microwave photonics ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9122571/ |
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