Dynamic linearity improvement of phase and frequency modulated microwave photonic links using optical lattice filter discriminators

J. M. Wyrwas, M. S. Rasras, Y. K. Chen, M. A. Cappuzzo, E. Y. Chen, L. T. Gomez, F. Klemens, R. Keller, M. P. Earnshaw, F. Padro, C. Bolle, R. Peach, C. Middleton, R. DeSalvo, M. C. Wu

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Abstract

A phase modulated (PM) microwave photonic link (MPL) with linearity improvement is presented. The link demodulates the PM using a phase discriminator based on a dynamically tunable, integrated, sixth-order optical lattice filter in planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology. The linearity of the demodulation process is optimized by using electrical spectrum monitoring and a feedback algorithm to automatically choose the filter coefficients. For a 2 GHz modulation frequency, the link achieves a 6.7 dB improvement in the third-order output intercept point (OIP3) for intermodulation distortion (IMD) over a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics - Jointly Held with the 2011 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, MWP/APMP 2011
Pages41-44
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics - Jointly Held with the 2011 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, MWP/APMP 2011 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: Oct 18 2011Oct 21 2011

Publication series

Name2011 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics - Jointly Held with the 2011 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, MWP/APMP 2011

Other

Other2011 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics - Jointly Held with the 2011 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, MWP/APMP 2011
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period10/18/1110/21/11

Keywords

  • Analog photonics
  • RF photonics
  • microwave photonic filter
  • microwave photonics
  • radio-over-fiber (RoF)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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