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A microwave photonic mixer based on a frequency-doubled local oscillator (LO) is proposed. The carrier-suppressed single-sideband (CS-SSB) modulation of the -first-order radio frequency (RF) and +second-order LO sidebands can be generated by using a dual-polarization dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DP-DPMZM), an electrical 90 degrees hybrid coupler, and an optical bandpass filter. The upconverted intermediate frequency (IF) signal with the frequency of omega(RF) + 2 omega(LO) is output by frequency beat at a photodetector. Meanwhile, the -first-order RF sideband can be easily changed to +first-order RF sideband by adjusting one dc bias voltage of the DP-DPMZM. The downconverted IF signal with the frequency of omega(RF) - 2 omega(LO) is obtained correspondingly. The experimental results show that the spur suppression ratios of upconverted and downconverted IF signal are 19.0 dB and 25.5 dB, respectively. The spurious-free dynamic range of the proposed mixer is 96.5 dB.Hz(2/3). The output electrical spectrums are pure owing to the optimal design of the CS-SSB modulation. The proposed mixer reduces the frequency requirement of LO signal since the second-order LO single sideband is used, and the upconversion and downconversion can be switched to each other by a simple electrical operation.
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IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
ISSN: 1943-0655
Year: 2018
Issue: 3
Volume: 10
2 . 4 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: PHYSICS;
ESI HC Threshold:145
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WoS CC Cited Count: 10
SCOPUS Cited Count: 17
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 5
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