Integrated Coherent Receivers for High-Linearity Microwave Photonic Links

Ramaswamy, Anand; Johansson, Leif; Klamkin, Jonathan; Chou, Hsu-Feng; Sheldon, Colin; Rodwell, M.J.W.; Coldren, L.A.; Bowers, John E.

doi:10.1109/jlt.2007.911899

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“…These include predistortion [23,24], feedforward linearization techniques [25], and feedback linearization [26]. However, these techniques require fast electronics to perform the linearization.…”

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Linear, Low Noise Microwave Photonic Systems using Phase and Frequency Modulation

Wyrwas¹

2012

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Linear, Low Noise Microwave Photonic Systems using Phase and Frequency Modulation

Wyrwas¹

2012

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“…This opens up the possibility of a coherent microwave fiber-optic link, in which there is a marked improvement in receiver sensitivity [12]. Moreover, a technique such as phase modulation is not as prone to the nonlinearity of the modulator's transfer characteristic, leading to much greater modulation depths compared to intensity modulation [13]. The disadvantage of coherent links is the increased complexity of the receiver (Fig.3) compared to direct etection, but~ecent work has been reported on monolithically mtegrated receivers [13].…”

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“…Moreover, a technique such as phase modulation is not as prone to the nonlinearity of the modulator's transfer characteristic, leading to much greater modulation depths compared to intensity modulation [13]. The disadvantage of coherent links is the increased complexity of the receiver (Fig.3) compared to direct etection, but~ecent work has been reported on monolithically mtegrated receivers [13]. Nevertheless, the majority of reported (and installed) microwave fiber-optic links to date use intensity modulation/direct detection, either with external modulators or directly modulated laser diodes.…”

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Design and characterization of microwave fiber-optic links

Iezekiel

2009

2009 Mediterrannean Microwave Symposium (MMS)

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“…Alternatively, an independent laser can be phase locked to the optical carrier to produce a strong LO with low excess noise. Heterodyne optical phase locked loops (OPLL) have been used to implement coherent photonic receivers 8,9 . However from a system perspective, the added complexity of the electronic control needed to implement the OPLL and high loop bandwidths necessary to compensate for semiconductor laser linewidths are both drawbacks to this approach.…”

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Photonic RF-IF wideband down conversion using optical injection locking

Adleman¹,

Lin²,

Jester³

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SPIE Proceedings

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We describe the implementation of a self-heterodyne, tunable down converting RF-IF photonic link as a key component of a wideband microwave signal search and intercept system covering S to Ka bands. The presented architecture uses photomixing of two distributed feedback lasers injection locked to a master external cavity laser, allowing low phase to amplitude noise conversion and improved sensitivity. Coherent detection of the intermediate frequency allows unambiguous recovery of full time-domain information. The practical implementation of a packaged prototype system will be discussed, with emphasis on the system stabilization strategy and performance requirements.

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Integrated Coherent Receivers for High-Linearity Microwave Photonic Links

Cited by 71 publications

References 17 publications

Linear, Low Noise Microwave Photonic Systems using Phase and Frequency Modulation

Linear, Low Noise Microwave Photonic Systems using Phase and Frequency Modulation

Design and characterization of microwave fiber-optic links

Photonic RF-IF wideband down conversion using optical injection locking

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