Ultra-Low Phase Noise Measurement of Microwave Sources Using Carrier Suppression Enabled by a Photonic Delay Line

Wang, Xichen; Yao, X. Steve; Hao, Peng; Feng, Ting; Chen, Xinwei; Chong, Yidong

doi:10.1109/jlt.2021.3110800

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“…By using a high-linear PD with better noise performance, it can be greatly reduced [28]. Then, the phase noise floor of the established system, which indicates its measurement sensitivity, is evaluated by replacing the 2-km SMF with an optical attenuator that has the same insertion loss [14]. As shown in Fig.…”

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“…Consequently, great efforts have been made to improve its overall performance. For instance, optical frequency comb and carrier suppression interferometer techniques have been introduced to enhance the measurement sensitivity [12][13][14]. To eliminate the calibration procedure, quadrature phase demodulation based on in-phase and quadrate (I/Q) mixing and digital signal processing is adopted [13,[15][16][17].…”

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Wideband Microwave Phase Noise Analyzer Based on All-Optical Microwave Signal Processing

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An approach for wideband phase noise measurement of microwave signal sources is proposed based on all-optical microwave signal processing. In the proposed scheme, an optical carrier is sequentially modulated by the signal under test (SUT) in a phase modulator and a dual-polarization modulator to generate two +1st-order sidebands with orthogonal polarizations. A time delay is introduced between two sidebands by a span of low-loss optical fiber. Combined with a polarization controller and a polarizer, photonic microwave downconversion with a desired phase shift and time delay can be realized after photodetection, and the phase noise of the SUT can be calculated thereafter. Since all the microwave signal processing functions in the conventional photonic-delay-line-based phase noise measurement system are implemented in the optical domain, the proposed scheme has a large operational bandwidth and a high measurement sensitivity. In the experimental demonstration, accurate phase noise measurement of SUTs is achieved in a frequency range of 10-35 GHz, and a phase noise floor as low as -132.16 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz is obtained.

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Section: B Wideband Phase Noise Measurementmentioning

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