A Scheme for Generating Millimeter Wave Signals through 32-Tupling Frequency Multiplication without Filtering Using Eight Mach-Zehnder Modulators

Xiangqing Wang (), Lei Ren, Xiaokun Yang and Dongfei Wang
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Xiangqing Wang: School of Electronic Information, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang 330099, China
Lei Ren: School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, China
Xiaokun Yang: School of Electronic Information, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang 330099, China
Dongfei Wang: School of Electronic Information, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang 330099, China

Mathematics, 2024, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: In this paper, a filterless 32-tupling millimeter wave generation scheme based on eight MZMs is proposed. The system has an upper and lower parallel two-branch structure. The upper branch consists of two subsystems Sub-A and Sub-B in cascade, each subsystem contains four MZMs, and the MZMs are all operating at maximum transfer point (MATP). Sub-A mainly generates ±8th order optical sideband signal as the incident light signal of Sub-B. After modulation of Sub−B, the output signal is mainly ±16th order optical sideband signal containing the central optical carrier component. The optical attenuator (OATT) and optical phase shifter (OPS) of the lower branch are used to regulate the phase and amplitude of the optical carrier. The upper and lower branches are coupled, and the central optical carrier component is superimposed and cancelled so only the ±16th order optical sideband signal is retained. Finally, the 32-tupling frequency millimeter is generated by the photodiode (PD) receiver after photoelectric detection which receives and generates a 32-tupling frequency millimeter wave signal. The simulation results show that the 160 GHz millimeter wave signal can be obtained by driving the MZM with a 5 GHz RF signal, and the optical sideband suppression ratio (OSSR) and the RF sideband suppression ratio (RFSSR) are 52.6 dB and 44.75 dB, respectively. Theoretical analysis and simulation experiments are carried out for the proposed scheme which proves the feasibility of the scheme.

Keywords: external modulation; frequency 32-tupling; Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM); anxiety-free wave (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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