Simultaneous Triangular Waveform Signal and Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator

A self-starting triangular waveform and microwave signal generator based on a dual-loop optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is proposed. In this scheme, two continuous waves (CWs) with different wavelength are emitted from two laser diodes (LDs) to form two feedback loops in an OEO system. When the osci...

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Main Authors: Tingwei Wu, Yang Jiang, Chuang Ma, Zhenrong Jia, Guangfu Bai, Yuejiao Zi, Fengqin Huang
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Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
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Yang Jiang
Chuang Ma
Zhenrong Jia
Guangfu Bai
Yuejiao Zi
Fengqin Huang
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Yang Jiang
Chuang Ma
Zhenrong Jia
Guangfu Bai
Yuejiao Zi
Fengqin Huang
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description A self-starting triangular waveform and microwave signal generator based on a dual-loop optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is proposed. In this scheme, two continuous waves (CWs) with different wavelength are emitted from two laser diodes (LDs) to form two feedback loops in an OEO system. When the oscillation is established and the modulation index of the Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM) is set to be 0.752, a triangular waveform could be generated by the superposition of the two oscillation signal envelopes on photodetector with appropriate time delay between two wavelength channels. Although the proposed system is similar to a traditional dual-loop OEO and no more devices are required, it is not only a microwave signal source with high side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) but a triangular waveform generator simultaneously as well. The operation principle is theoretically analyzed and stimulated. In experimental demonstration, the full-duty-cycle triangular waveform signal and high-quality microwave signal at 5 GHz can be achieved simultaneously. In addition, the experiment result shows that the variety of the modulation depth for triangular waveform generation does not influence the quality of the generated microwave signal.
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spelling doaj-art-ce6532fc3c8145e8a36cd6cbfffb54192025-08-20T03:30:56ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552016-01-018611010.1109/JPHOT.2016.26260077738398Simultaneous Triangular Waveform Signal and Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Loop Optoelectronic OscillatorTingwei Wu0Yang Jiang1Chuang Ma2Zhenrong Jia3Guangfu Bai4Yuejiao Zi5Fengqin Huang6Department of Physics, School of Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, ChinaDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, ChinaDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, ChinaDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, ChinaDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, ChinaDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, ChinaDepartment of Physics, School of Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, ChinaA self-starting triangular waveform and microwave signal generator based on a dual-loop optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is proposed. In this scheme, two continuous waves (CWs) with different wavelength are emitted from two laser diodes (LDs) to form two feedback loops in an OEO system. When the oscillation is established and the modulation index of the Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM) is set to be 0.752, a triangular waveform could be generated by the superposition of the two oscillation signal envelopes on photodetector with appropriate time delay between two wavelength channels. Although the proposed system is similar to a traditional dual-loop OEO and no more devices are required, it is not only a microwave signal source with high side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) but a triangular waveform generator simultaneously as well. The operation principle is theoretically analyzed and stimulated. In experimental demonstration, the full-duty-cycle triangular waveform signal and high-quality microwave signal at 5 GHz can be achieved simultaneously. In addition, the experiment result shows that the variety of the modulation depth for triangular waveform generation does not influence the quality of the generated microwave signal.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7738398/Triangular waveformoptoelectronic oscillator (OEO)time-domain synthesis
spellingShingle Tingwei Wu
Yang Jiang
Chuang Ma
Zhenrong Jia
Guangfu Bai
Yuejiao Zi
Fengqin Huang
Simultaneous Triangular Waveform Signal and Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator
IEEE Photonics Journal
Triangular waveform
optoelectronic oscillator (OEO)
time-domain synthesis
title Simultaneous Triangular Waveform Signal and Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator
title_full Simultaneous Triangular Waveform Signal and Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator
title_fullStr Simultaneous Triangular Waveform Signal and Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous Triangular Waveform Signal and Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator
title_short Simultaneous Triangular Waveform Signal and Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator
title_sort simultaneous triangular waveform signal and microwave signal generation based on dual loop optoelectronic oscillator
topic Triangular waveform
optoelectronic oscillator (OEO)
time-domain synthesis
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7738398/
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