基于电吸收调制器的非相干可调谐微波光子滤波器

提出一种新的基于电吸收调制器(EAM)的非相干可调谐光子滤波器。首先通过带通滤波器滤除EAM输出的一个边带,获得单边带调制;再通过调谐EAM的偏置端,使得边带所引入的相移随着偏置电压的改变而改变,这样就可以实现一个真相移(TPS)结构;然后引入另一个非相干光源和Mach-Zender调制器(MZM),利用两路信号的延时不同实现一个基本的滤波器;最后通过调谐偏置所引入的TPS实现滤波器的宽带可调谐,而滤波器的形状可以保持不变,其中滤波器的调谐范围由偏置所引入相移的变化范围来决定。     

基于载波相移双边带调制的可调谐光电振荡器

设计了一种利用载波相移双边带调制(CPS-DSB)系统实现宽带频率可调谐的光电振荡器(OEO)。其中CPS-DSB系统由3dB耦合器、π偏置Mach-Zehnder调制器(MZM)及可变移相器(VPS)组成,并与线性啁啾光纤Bragg光栅(LCFBG)完成可调谐微波光子滤波器(MPF)的功能。通过调整VPS的相位可完成MPF中心频率的调谐,进而实现OEO振荡频率的调谐功能。理论分析和仿真实验表明,通过调谐VPS的相位可实现振荡频率大范围调谐。     

基于非线性色散补偿光栅的可调谐光电振荡器

为实现光电振荡器(OEO)输出频率的连续可调,提出一种新型的基于非线性色散补偿光栅(FBG)实现可调谐OEO方案。本文方案不需要电滤波器,且振荡频率随着光源的波长变化而变化。其中,三阶色散补偿FBG可以采用FBG重构算法设计。当光源波长从1 550.6nm变化到1 551.4nm时,相应的色散为340～1 460ps/nm,输出频率的调谐范围为6.5～13.5GHz,实现了振荡频率的大范围可调谐。     

精细调谐电增益环腔光电振荡器

为了有效实现光电振荡器(OEO)输出频率精细调谐 ,提出了一种基于电增益环腔(EGRR)的OEO。利用放大器、 滤波器和移相器构成可调谐EGRR,通过改变EGRR内信号的相位等效实现 环腔长度的改变,得到不同 频率的射频(RF)信号,RF信号与OEO产生的自由振荡信号电注入锁定,输出信号 的频率由锁定EGRR输出频 率的OEO模式决定,相位噪声由OEO决定。在简单结构实验的条件下,有 效实现了OEO输出频率精细调谐。实验结果表明,当光纤长为2km、EGRR长为0.5m时,得到 了频率为11.3GHz、边模抑制比(SMSR)为 48dB、可调谐范围为239MHz、调谐最小步长 为100kHz和相位噪声为－99dBc/Hz@10kHz的RF信号。     

基于激光外调制的频率可调谐光电振荡器

为了实现光电振荡器(OEO)输出频率的可调谐,提出了一种基于外调制激光的频率可调谐光电振荡器。此方案在单环OEO的基础上增加一个由微波滤波器、电衰减器、电放大器和电移相器构成的电增益选频腔,通过调节电移相器的偏置电压可以等效改变电选频腔的腔长,从而改变其输出微波信号的频率;同时调节光延时线来改变光电振荡器的起振模式,通过电增益选频腔信号与光电振荡器自由振荡信号的电注入锁定,即可实现频率可调谐的光电振荡器,其输出信号的频率由锁定OEO模式的电增益选频腔决定。实验结果表明,本方案产生了频率调谐范围为10.05 GHz~10.09 GHz、调谐步长为400 kHz的输出信号,频率在40 MHz的范围内连续可调谐。在输出频率为10.0519 GHz时,其边模抑制比为60 dB,相位噪声为-115 dBc/Hz @10 kHz。该方案结构简单,既保留了单环OEO低相位噪声的优势,又能有效抑制边模,为实现频率可调谐OEO提供了一种新的方法。     

基于重构等效啁啾超结构光纤光栅的可调谐微波光子滤波器的仿真研究

提出了一种新型的基于重构等效啁啾(REC)超结构光纤光栅的可调谐微波光子滤波器的结构。根据REC技术, 利用同一块均匀相位掩模板可以灵活地设计制作出具有不同斜率的线性群时延的光纤光栅。作为有限冲击响应(FIR)滤波器的抽头延时单元, 不同光纤光栅之间群时延的差值决定了滤波器的自由频程(FSR)。通过改变可调谐激光器的输出波长来选择不同的抽头间时延差从而达到调谐FSR目的。仿真结果表明, 该滤波器可以实现中心频率从21 GHz到33 GHz的连续可调。事实上, 由于REC技术的灵活性, 在理论上对于任意给定的频段和调谐范围, 这种新型的滤波器结构都能够实现。     

基于色散光纤环级联结构的可调谐带通微波光子滤波器

提出并验证了一种宽调谐带宽的带通微波光子滤波器设计方案。该滤波器借助可调谐光纤光栅Sagnac环对宽带光源进行均匀切割,产生波长间隔可调的连续光载波作为滤波器的抽头,结合色散光纤环级联结构,实现滤波器的可重构性。研究结果表明,在光电调制器和光电探测器的频率带宽足够大的情况下,当光纤光栅Sagnac环的臂长差在0.50~8.28mm内变化、可调谐光纤延迟线的最小变化步长为0.01mm时,该方案能够实现滤波器中心频率在8.0506~1333.2000GHz内调谐,调谐步长为161.01MHz,边瓣抑制比达到27dB。     

可调谐窄带宽的负系数微波光子滤波器

针对负系数微波光子滤波器很难用正系数的光学抽头来实现,提出了一款基于色散器件级联的可调谐、窄带宽、负系数微波光子滤波器。利用整形后的多波长光纤激光器的输出信号作为滤波器的抽头光源,将单模光纤与F-P光纤环级联作为延迟单元,实现滤波器的频率选择性。利用相位调制器和级联的色散器件共同作用,实现负系数的微波光子滤波器。实验得到了波长间隔为0.34 nm的多达37个激光信号的稳定输出,进而基于此实验结果仿真研究了F-P光纤环中C2、C3的耦合系数r、不同长度的可调谐光纤延迟线（TODL）和延迟单元中不同长度的单模光纤等参数对微波光子滤波器性能的影响。     

基于可变激光源和啁啾M-Z调制器的双调谐光电振荡器

设计了一种利用微波光子滤波器(MPF)实现频率可调谐的光电振荡器(OEO)。该模型通过双驱动Mach-Zehnder调制器(DD-MZM)和啁啾光栅形成高Q值的MPF,得出OEO的振荡频率是关于光源波长和DD-MZM直流偏置电压的函数,通过对光源波长或DD-MZM偏置电压的调整,可实现振荡频率调谐功能。同时,在电域上,利用RF耦合器和RF延时线形成两路具有延时差的反馈信号,通过合并后反馈至DD-MZM,从而有效地抑制边模。理论和仿真实验表明,针对不同的调谐范围可实现粗调和微调的功能。     

基于双光源的可调谐微波光子滤波器

提出了一种基于双光源与双相移光纤光栅(DPS- FBG)的可调谐微波光子滤波器。双光源经过相 位调制后,利用DPS-FBG的反射模式中的两超窄陷波分别对两相位调制光信号的边带进行抑 制,实现相 位调制至强度调制的转换。通过调节两光源的中心波长可以实现单通带与双通带之间的切换 ,实现单通带 的中心频率可调以及3dB带宽可调,实现双通带频率同时可调或者单独可调。建立了理论模 型并进行了数 值分析,最后通过实验进行了验证。实现了滤波器通带的3dB带宽由180MHz增加为319MHz,中心频率从1GHz到7GHz可调。     

A tunable optoelectronic oscillator based on a tunable microwave attenuator

A novel realization of a wideband tunable optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) based on dual-port electrode Mach–Zehnder modulator (DMZM), a tunable microwave attenuator (TMA), and a chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) is proposed and demonstrated. By simply adjusting the power ratio between the two arms of DMZM, the chirp of the DMZM will be tuned, and the center frequency of the microwave photonic filter will be tuned. When the OEO loop in the proposed system is closed, the output frequency of OEO is determined by the microwave photonic filter, and a high spectral purity microwave signal with a tunable frequency from 5.8 to 11 GHz is generated. The single sideband (SSB) phase noise of the generated signal could reach −107.4 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 10 kHz.     

A continuously tunable microwave photonic notch filter with complex coefficient based on phase modulation

A continuously tunable microwave photonic notch filter with complex coefficient based on phase modulation is proposed and demonstrated. The complex coefficient is generated using a Fourier-domain optical processor (FD-OP) to control the amplitude and phase of the optical carrier and radio-frequency (RF) phase modulation sidebands. By controlling the FD-OP, the frequency response of the filter can be tuned in the full free spectral range (FSR) without changing the shape and the FSR of the frequency response. The results show that the center frequency of the notch filter can be continuously tuned from 17.582 GHz to 29.311 GHz with FSR of 11.729 GHz. The shape of the frequency response keeps unchanged when the phase is tuned.     

全新布里渊散射可切换微波光子滤波器

提出了一个新的基于布里渊散射效应的微波光子滤波器。该滤波器可通过调谐系统中光滤波器的中心波长,实现高解析度带通滤波器与陷波滤波器之间的灵活切换,并且通过调谐产生受激布里渊散射的泵浦光的波长可实现滤波器通带或阻带的中心频率在很大频率范围内连续调谐。该滤波器为全光结构,因此具有非常大的调谐范围（调谐上限仅受限于试验中使用的矢量网络分析仪的显示频率上限）。系统中采用相位调制器,因此没有偏置电压漂移问题。实验结果展示了一个带通与陷波滤可灵活切换的高解析度微波光子滤波器,并且通带和阻带的中心频率在9～26.5 GHz范围内连续可调谐,其中带通滤波器的通带具有极窄3 dB带宽,约28 MHz（由光纤本身布里渊增益区线宽所决定）。     

A widely tunable microwave photonic notch filter with adjustable bandwidth based on multi-wavelength fiber laser

A widely tunable microwave photonic notch filter with adjustable bandwidth based on multi-wavelength fiber laser is proposed and demonstrated. The multi-wavelength fiber laser generates the multi-taps of the microwave photonic filter (MPF). In order to obtain notch frequency response, a Fourier-domain optical processor (FD-OP) is introduced to control the amplitude and phase of the optical carrier and phase modulation sidebands. By adjusting the polarization controller (PC), different numbers of taps are got, such as 6, 8, 10 and 12. And the wavelength spacing of the multi-wavelength laser is 0.4 nm. The bandwidth of the notch filter is changed by adjusting the number of taps and the corresponding bandwidths are 4.41 GHz, 3.30 GHz, 2.64 GHz and 2.19 GHz, respectively. With the additional phase shift introduced by FD-OP, the notch position is continuously tuned in the whole free spectral range (FSR) of 27.94 GHz. The center frequency of the notch filter can be continuously tuned from 13.97 GHz to 41.91 GHz. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11444001), and the Municipal Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin in China (No.14JCYBJC16500). E-mail:cynever@163.com      

A tunable microwave photonic filter with complex coefficient based on slicing spectrum and stimulated Brillouin scattering

In this paper,we propose a method to realize microwave photonic filter(MPF) with complex coefficient,whose central frequency f 0 and 3 dB bandwidth are tunable.The complex coefficient is realized by multi-wavelength optical source and stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS).The central frequency of the filter is tuned by adjusting the phase shift caused by SBS without changing its frequency response.The frequency selectivity of filter can be improved through increasing the bandwidth of broadband optical source(BOS) or decreasing wavelength separation to increase the taps of MPF.The mainlobeto-sidelobe suppression ratio(MSSR) of the filter is affected by the weight of each tap.When the length of fiber is 0.5544 m in birefringence fiber loop mirror(FLM),the MSSR is improved by 18.55 dB compared with that without the weight controlling.     

A novel tunable optoelectronic oscillator based on a photonic RF phase shifter

A novel tunable optoelectronic oscillator （OEO） based on a photonic radio frequency （RF） phase shifter is proposed and analyzed, which consists of a dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator （DMZM）, a 90° hybrid coupler and a tunable microwave amplifier （TMA）. This tunable OEO has a simple configuration, and the frequency of the oscillating signal can be tuned by adjusting the amplification factor of the tunable amplifier. The simulation results show that the maxi- mum frequency shift from the center oscillation frequency is 1.48 MHz when the amplification factor of the TMA is set at 10.