Abstract
A novel technique to modulate one carrier in a dual-carrier millimeter-wave (mm-wave) photonic system is
presented and experimentally evaluated. The technique utilizes the polarization dependence of an optical phase
modulator and the properties of optical heterodyning and is demonstrated for both amplitude- and phase-modulated
mm-wave signal outputs. Experimental verification of the technique is presented with transmission of up to 2.5-Gb/s
nonreturn-to-zero data, multilevel quadratic-amplitude modulation, and IEEE 802.11a WLAN data signals on a 40-GHz
carrier over optical fiber and wireless transmission. The tolerance for fiber dispersion is investigated, and
penalty-free transmission over 44 km is verified. The linearity of the system is evaluated by measuring the
spurious-free dynamic range.
© 2007 IEEE
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