Continuously tunable orthogonally polarized RF optical single sideband generator based on micro-ring resonators

Xingyuan Xu; Jiayang Wu; Linnan Jia; Mengxi Tan; Thach G Nguyen; Sai T Chu; Brent E Little; Roberto Morandotti; Arnan Mitchell; David J Moss

doi:10.1088/2040-8986/aae3fe

Continuously tunable orthogonally polarized RF optical single sideband generator based on micro-ring resonators

Xingyuan Xu, Jiayang Wu, Linnan Jia, Mengxi Tan, Thach G Nguyen, Sai T Chu, Brent E Little, Roberto Morandotti, Arnan Mitchell, David J Moss^*

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Abstract

We demonstrate a continuously RF tunable orthogonally polarized optical single sideband (OP-OSSB) generator based on dual cascaded micro-ring resonators (MRRs). By splitting the input double sideband signal into an orthogonally polarized carrier and lower sideband via TE- and TM-polarized MRRs, an OP-OSSB signal is generated. A large tuning range of the optical carrier to sideband ratio of up to 57.3 dB is achieved by adjusting the polarization angle of the input light. The operation RF frequency of the OP-OSSB generator can be continuously tuned with a 21.4 GHz range via independent thermal control of the two MRRs. Our device represents a competitive approach towards OP-OSSB generation with wideband tunable RF operation, and is promising for photonic RF signal transmission and processing in radar and communication systems.

Original language	English
Article number	115701
Journal	Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
Volume	20
Issue number	11
Online published	16 Oct 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aae3fe
Publication status	Published - Nov 2018

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micro ring resonator
microwave
orthogonal sideband
photonic
radio frequency

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