Broadband Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Expander for Microwave Photonic Links Based on Optical Distortion Control

A wideband spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) expander that uses optical distortion control technique is proposed in this study for microwave photonic links. A third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3), which is sensed by extracting the modulated optical carrier, will be monitored and attenuated...

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Main Authors: Tianwei Jiang, Jianming Shang, Song Yu, Xinmeng Ye, Wanyi Gu
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description A wideband spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) expander that uses optical distortion control technique is proposed in this study for microwave photonic links. A third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3), which is sensed by extracting the modulated optical carrier, will be monitored and attenuated adaptively by controlling the optical power injected into the photodetector. Therefore, the IMD3 can be suppressed below the noise floor (NF), and the SFDR can be expanded further. In addition, the sensing signal stems from the modulated optical carrier, which is independent of radio frequency. Thus, our system is essentially a broadband system whereby the dynamic range expander is applied to classical intensity modulation and direct detection microwave photonic link. Experimental results demonstrate that the SFDR is improved from 46.84 to 67.98&#x00A0;<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{dB}/\text{Hz}^{2/3}$</tex-math></inline-formula> with a <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$</tex-math></inline-formula>70&#x00A0;dBm noise power. The SFDR can even reach 150&#x00A0;<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{dB}/\text{Hz}^{2/3}$</tex-math></inline-formula> with a bandwidth of 36&#x00A0;GHz with a 1&#x00A0;Hz NF.
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spelling doaj-art-9b06de536d064972b70108b1471d70702025-08-20T03:30:51ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-011111810.1109/JPHOT.2019.28945688631147Broadband Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Expander for Microwave Photonic Links Based on Optical Distortion ControlTianwei Jiang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9005-4779Jianming Shang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3522-8035Song Yu2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1489-9021Xinmeng Ye3Wanyi Gu4State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, ChinaA wideband spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) expander that uses optical distortion control technique is proposed in this study for microwave photonic links. A third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3), which is sensed by extracting the modulated optical carrier, will be monitored and attenuated adaptively by controlling the optical power injected into the photodetector. Therefore, the IMD3 can be suppressed below the noise floor (NF), and the SFDR can be expanded further. In addition, the sensing signal stems from the modulated optical carrier, which is independent of radio frequency. Thus, our system is essentially a broadband system whereby the dynamic range expander is applied to classical intensity modulation and direct detection microwave photonic link. Experimental results demonstrate that the SFDR is improved from 46.84 to 67.98&#x00A0;<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{dB}/\text{Hz}^{2/3}$</tex-math></inline-formula> with a <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$</tex-math></inline-formula>70&#x00A0;dBm noise power. The SFDR can even reach 150&#x00A0;<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{dB}/\text{Hz}^{2/3}$</tex-math></inline-formula> with a bandwidth of 36&#x00A0;GHz with a 1&#x00A0;Hz NF.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8631147/Microwave photonicsmicrowave photonics signal processingdynamic range
spellingShingle Tianwei Jiang
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Song Yu
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Broadband Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Expander for Microwave Photonic Links Based on Optical Distortion Control
IEEE Photonics Journal
Microwave photonics
microwave photonics signal processing
dynamic range
title Broadband Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Expander for Microwave Photonic Links Based on Optical Distortion Control
title_full Broadband Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Expander for Microwave Photonic Links Based on Optical Distortion Control
title_fullStr Broadband Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Expander for Microwave Photonic Links Based on Optical Distortion Control
title_full_unstemmed Broadband Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Expander for Microwave Photonic Links Based on Optical Distortion Control
title_short Broadband Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Expander for Microwave Photonic Links Based on Optical Distortion Control
title_sort broadband spurious free dynamic range expander for microwave photonic links based on optical distortion control
topic Microwave photonics
microwave photonics signal processing
dynamic range
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8631147/
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