Methods for Ultra-Wideband Pulse Generation Based on Optical Cross-Polarization Modulation

Optical methods for different type ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse generation based on cross-polarization modulation (CPM) are proposed and demonstrated in this paper. Two polarity-reverse pulses can be obtained by CPM and birefringence time delay to form a monocycle pulse. A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is placed after the monocycle pulse process for doublet pulse generation. These two kinds of pulses can be employed in single-band impulse radio UWB (IR-UWB) systems. Two kinds of multi-band UWB pulses can be generated based on monocycle pulse train with proper apodization profiles, realized by hybrid photonic microwave filter and synchronous polarization modulation respectively. Experimental results show that these pulses can be used in multi-band UWB (MB-UWB) over fiber systems.      

超宽带信号的产生及光纤传输的研究

提出了一种新的超宽带(UWB)脉冲产生的方法,并对其产生的数学原理进行了分析和实验验证。经过高斯信号调制的偏振控制器(PC)可以产生两个相位互补的相位调制信号,先通过PC调节两个正交的相位调制信号的静态相移,再经过偏振分束器(DBS)检偏后可以得到两路相位互补的高斯信号或二阶高斯信号,最后将这两路信号延时然后再经过偏振合路器(PBC)就可以分别得到一阶或三阶高斯信号。由于这3种脉冲的产生方式不同,频带宽度不同,在光纤中传输时对色散的容忍度也不一样,因此仿真分析了色散对这3种UWB信号传输特性的影响,得出了三阶高斯信号最适合UWB传输。     

Ultra-Wideband Pulse Generation Based on Cross-Gain Modulation in Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier

A novel approach to generate ultra-wideband (UWB) monocycle or doublet pulse using cross-gain modulation in fiber optical parametric amplifier is demonstrated in a single experimental setup. The high-speed optical parametric process realizes the signal amplification, idler generation, and pump depletion simultaneously within femtosecond response time in the highly nonlinear fiber. After the combination of the three lightwaves with a suitable time delay between them, UWB pulse is obtained. A selective generation of monocycle or doublet pulse can be made by altering the optical attenuators without changing the wavelengths or the powers of the pump and the signal. In our experiment, high-quality UWB monocycle and doublet pulses with a fractional bandwidth of 115% and 126% were generated.      

All-Optical Ultrawideband Monocycle Generation Using Quadratic Nonlinear Interaction Seeded by Dark Pulses

We propose and demonstrate a new approach to all-optical generation of ultrawideband (UWB) monocycle pulses using the quadratic nonlinear interaction seeded by dark pulses in a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide. When feeding two dark optical pulses with proper relative time delay to participate in the sum-frequency generation (SFG) in a PPLN, the parametric depletion effect accomplishes the tailoring of the dark pulse to be a UWB monocycle pulse at a single wavelength. Pairs of polarity-inverted UWB monocycle pulses are generated in the experiment with the central wavelength, 10-dB bandwidth, and fractional bandwidth conforming to the UWB definition by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC, part 15).      

Ultra-Wideband Pulse Train Generation Based on Turbo-Switch Structures

A simple configuration is proposed and experimentally demonstrated to generate ultra-wideband (UWB) monocycle pulses based on a turbo-switch structure which consists of two reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers (RSOAs). The first RSOA generates an inversed pulse train of the injected signal through the cross-gain modulation, while the second RSOA introduces an overshoot. The overshoot can be enhanced by properly adjusting the currents applied to both of the two RSOAs, therefore, the UWB monocycle pulse train is successfully obtained. By cascading turbo-switches, the polarity-inversed UWB monocycle pairs and the UWB doublet pulse train are numerically realized.      

基于光注入半导体激光器的超宽带信号产生

提出一种基于光脉冲注入条件下半导体激光器腔 内交叉增益调制(XGM)效应的超宽带(UWB)信号产生方案,通过一个增益开关激光器(ML)、 一个半导体激光器(SL)和一个光带通滤波器(OBPF),在平衡探 测器(BPD)端口直接检测输出重复频率为2.5GHz的UWB一阶微分(Mo nocycle)和二阶微分(Doublet)信号, 而且通过引入马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM),还可对产生的UWB信号实现开关键控(OOK)。 对所提系统 进行了全面的系统仿真分析,并进行了实验验证,实现了上述各种条件的UWB信号产生,并 实现了UWB信 号的40km光纤传输实验。实验结果表明:该方案获得的UWB信号的频 谱与美国联邦通信委员会(FCC)定制的EIRP标准吻合,同时经过调制的 UWB信号的波形经40km光纤传输之后基本保持不变。为了证明本文方 法产生的UWB信号的重复变化特点,还产生了频率为3.75GHz的UWB信 号。     

A 24-GHz Ultra-Wideband Over Fiber System Using Photonic Generation and Frequency Up-Conversion

We propose and experimentally demonstrate the generation of baseband ultra-wideband (UWB) monocycle and doublet pulses using one dual-parallel Mach–Zehnder modulator. We further present a proof-of-concept demonstration of a 24-GHz UWB over fiber system based on frequency up-conversion. The performance of the up-converted UWB pulses after fiber transmission is studied.      

Photonic Monocycle Pulse Frequency Up-Conversion for Ultrawideband-Over-Fiber Applications

We demonstrate a photonic monocycle pulse frequency up-conversion scheme for ultrawideband (UWB)-over-fiber applications using nonlinear polarization rotation arising in a semiconductor optical amplifier. For the first time, we have successfully realized the photonic up-conversion of UWB monocycle pulses with an optical local oscillator signal at 24 GHz in the whole -band. The up-converted UWB monocycle pulse at 24 GHz exhibits a power spectrum density fitting the UWB emission mask. After electrical down-conversion, the UWB monocycle pulse has shown low distortion induced by the optical mixing process.     

Multiple ultra-wideband signal sources exploiting XPM in SFRL

A novel scheme for all-optical broadcast ultra-wideband (UWB) monocycle pulses generation based on cross-phase modulation (XPM) in semiconductor fiber ring laser (SFRL) is proposed, in which three UWB positive or negative monocycle pulses can be generated simultaneously. A comprehensive broad-band dynamic model for this kind of all-optical broadcast UWB monocycle sources is established, which is further applied to numerically analyze the impacts of injection current of semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), the power and wavelength of the signal light on the performance of the UWB positive monocycle pulses with higher power spectral density. The results show that the spectra of the UWB positive and negative monocycle pulses generated by this scheme match the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) definition quite well. Three UWB positive monocycle pulses with better performance can be obtained when the power of signal light is at a high level, and three other UWB positive monocycle pulses with good tolerance to both the injection current of the SOA and the wavelength of the signal light can be obtained. In addition, the powers of the lasing light coupled into the SFRL should not be strong to obtain three UWB positive monocycle pulses with better performance.     

All-Fiber Ultrawideband Pulse Generation Based on Spectral Shaping and Dispersion-Induced Frequency-to-Time Conversion

An approach to generating and distributing ultrawideband (UWB) pulses based on optical spectral shaping and frequency-to-time conversion using all-fiber components is proposed and demonstrated. In the system, the spectrum of an ultrashort pulse from a mode-locked fiber laser is spectrally shaped by an all-fiber spectrum shaper, to produce a monocycle- or a doublet-shaped power spectrum. Thanks to the frequency-to-time conversion in a dispersive fiber, time-domain optical pulses exhibiting the user-defined shape of the optical power spectrum are obtained. Experiments based on the proposed approach are carried out. UWB monocycle or doublet pulses are generated     

Optical UWB doublet pulse generation using multiple nonlinearities of single SOA

All-optical ultra-wideband (UWB) doublet pulse generation based on the multiple nonlinear effects of a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is demonstrated. First, a monocycle pulse is obtained by means of cross-gain modulation and self gain-saturation in the SOA, and a Gaussian pulse at conjugated light is obtained using four-wave mixing of the SOA. Secondly, the Gaussian pulse at the conjugated light is combined with the monocycle pulse by proper time delay to form a doublet pulse. The central frequency and 10 dB bandwidth of the doublet radio frequency are 5 and 6.25 GHz, respectively. The scheme is simple since only a single SOA is required.     

Ultra-Wideband Waveform Generator Based on Optical Pulse-Shaping and FBG Tuning

We propose and demonstrate experimentally a prototype for ultra-wideband (UWB) waveform generator based on optical pulse shaping. The time-domain pulse shape is written in the frequency domain, and a single-mode fiber performs frequency-to-time conversion. A U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-compliant power efficient pulse shape is inscribed in the frequency domain by a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with an excellent match between optimized and measured pulses. Two other popular UWB pulse shapes (Gaussian monocycle and doublet pulses) are achieved by proper tuning of two FBG-based variable optical filters. A balanced photodetector removes an unwanted rectangular pulse superimposed on the desired waveform, assuring compliance at low frequency.     

全光超宽带正相和反相monocycle信号源的研究

基于半导体光放大器( SOA)中交叉增益调制(XGM)效应,同时全光实现超宽带(UWB)正相、反相高斯单边信号(monocycle).输出的monocycle脉冲只包含一个波长分量,在光纤传输过程中monocycle上下脉冲不会引入时间差.利用光通信系统软件OptiSystem对方案进行仿真,分析了光源波长对输出monocycle脉冲的影响,结果表明输出的monocycle脉冲具有对光源变化不敏感的优点.     

基于粒子群算法的超宽带脉冲波形设计

首先分析了在超宽带系统中高斯脉冲成形因子和微分阶数对其能量谱密度的影响,并在此基础上,为了提高高斯脉冲波形的频谱利用率,采用高斯导函数线性组合来产生脉冲波形,提出并分析了一种基于粒子群（PSO）优化算法的超宽带无线脉冲波形优化设计方法,仿真表明该方法产生的高斯导函数线性组合脉冲能够很好地满足FCC的频谱掩模限制。     

Generation of Arbitrary UWB Waveforms by Spectral Pulse Shaping and Thermally-Controlled Apodized FBGs

We propose and experimentally demonstrate an arbitrary UWB pulse generator. The proposed technique is based on spectral pulse shaping and frequency-to-time conversion. The reconfigurability of this technique comes from changing the apodizaton of a chirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG) using a series of heating elements (HE). By setting the appropriate temperature set to the HEs, any predesigned UWB waveforms can be generated with high precision. The effective isotropically radiated power (EIRP)-optimized and U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-optimized pulses as well as the traditional Gaussian monocycle and doublet UWB waveforms are generated which are in excellent match with the designed target pulse shapes. While other arbitrary pulse generators have used similar strategies (spectral shaping and frequency-to-time conversion), ours uses inexpensive technologies with the potential for practical, compact packaging.     

基于SOA的交叉相位调制生成UWB信号的研究

超宽带信号(UWB)的光学生成技术是光载超宽带通信系统(UWB-over-fiber)的关键技术,半导体光放大器(SOA)的非线性特征在全光信号处理中有着广泛的应用。提出基于SOA的交叉相位调制(XPM)效应的UWB的光学生成方法。该方法首先利用SOA的XPM实现高功率的高斯泵浦光和低功率的直流探测光的XPM,然后利用光学滤波器对探测光进行鉴频,实现相位调制到强度调制的转换,从而获得单周期UWB信号。提出了采用光带通滤波器和波分复用器对探测光进行鉴频的两种方法,获得中心频率分别为5.15GHz和5.05GHz,相对带宽分别为150%和149%的UWB信号,符合FCC标准。     

脉冲波形对超宽带通信系统性能的影响

超宽带（UWB）技术的特点是传输持续时间极窄的脉冲，纳秒级窄脉冲（称为monocycle）的选择将直接影响到UWB通信系统的性能。本文研究了一种新的基于小波函数的超宽带窄脉冲，并比较其和传统的超宽带窄脉冲在AWGN信道中采用直接序列扩频（DS）的UWB系统性能。仿真结果表明了基于小波函数脉冲波形的UWB系统性能优于基于传统超宽带窄脉冲的UWB系统。     

Photonic Polarity-Switchable Ultra-Wideband Pulse Generation Using a Tunable Sagnac Interferometer Comb Filter

A photonic approach to polarity-switchable ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse generation is proposed. The proposed setup principally consists of an electrooptic phase modulator (EOPM) and a tunable optical comb filter constructed with another EOPM inside a Sagnac interferometer. The comb filter working at its linear region performs the phase-to-intensity conversion to generate UWB pulses with monocycle shape. By adjusting the bias voltage of the EOPM inside the Sagnac interferometer, a shift of the comb filter can be achieved, which is the key point for a pulse polarity switch. A pair of monocycle pulses with reversed polarities was experimentally obtained by applying the dc bias of 0 and 1.9 V, respectively. The convenience to electrically control the pulse polarity is favorable for biphase modulation in UWB impulse radio applications.     

基于SOA增益饱和效应生成UWB信号的研究

光纤传输超宽带信号(UWB over fiber)的提出解决了UWB传输距离短的问题,成为国内外研究的热点课题,如何在光域中生成UWB是该系统的关键技术之一。对称形UWB(doublet)与常用的单周期高斯脉冲信号(monocycle)相比,在低频部分的功率谱密度较低,在UWB系统中有更好的性能。为此提出了利用半导体光放大器(SOA)的增益饱和效应生成对称形UWB信号的方法,并进行了仿真实验,得到了符合美国联邦通信委员会(FCC)标准的中心频率为8.3GHz,相对带宽约为142%的对称形UWB信号,验证了该方法的可行性。     

基于光纤XPM光学生成UWB信号的方法

提出了一种基于色散位移光纤(DSF)的交叉相位调制(XPM)效应的超宽带(UWB)光学生成方法。该方法首先利用DSF的XPM效应实现高功率的高斯泵浦光对低功率的直流探测光的交叉相位调制,然后利用光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)对探测光进行鉴频,实现相位调制到强度调制的转换,从而获得单周期UWB信号。利用光子仿真软件对方案进行了仿真实验,得到了中心频率分别为7GHz和6.95GHz、相对带宽分别为143%和145%的UWB信号,验证了所提方法的可行性。同时,研究了输入信号脉冲宽度、FBG的反射率、鉴频器的类型对产生的单周期UWB脉冲信号波形和频谱的影响。仿真实验的结果表明,该方案对输入信号脉冲宽度不是过宽的情况下具有良好的容忍度,光学高斯带通滤波器、波分复用器和FBG等光滤波器均可作为鉴频器,采用FBG优点是可通过改变反射率灵活地调整产生的UWB脉冲信号的波形。