Flexible Ultra-Wide Electro-Optic Frequency Combs for a High-Capacity Tunable 5G+ Millimeter-Wave Frequency Synthesizer

This paper presents a new scheme of a cost-effective tunable millimeter-wave (MMW) frequency synthesizer based on an ultra-wideband electro-optic frequency comb. The architecture for the quasi-tunable millimeter-wave frequency synthesizer mainly consists of a compact ultra-wide flat electro-optic fr...

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Autores principales: Li Liu, Yangguang Liu, Xiao-Zhi Gao, Xiaomin Zhang
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Sumario:This paper presents a new scheme of a cost-effective tunable millimeter-wave (MMW) frequency synthesizer based on an ultra-wideband electro-optic frequency comb. The architecture for the quasi-tunable millimeter-wave frequency synthesizer mainly consists of a compact ultra-wide flat electro-optic frequency comb and a multi-tone frequency generator, which only includes a quantum dot mode-locked laser, a LiNbO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>3</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> dual-driving Mach–Zehnder modulator (DD-MZM) and Uni-traveling-carrier photodiode (UTC-PD). MMW signals generated with a quasi-tunable frequency are experimentally demonstrated. The difference in power is obtained for the different frequencies. The linewidth of the quasi-tunable frequency signals is less than 273 Hz. In addition, the single side band (SSB) phase noise of the 25, 37.5, 50 and 75 GHz is measured as −115, −106, −102 and −95 dBc/Hz at an offset of 1 kHz, respectively. The proposed frequency synthesizer has ultra-low phase noise, quasi-tunable frequency and simple structure. The research results of the frequency synthesizer are applied for 5G+ transmission with radio wave working at K-band and V-band. The flexible, compact and robust MMW frequency synthesizer is suitable for the future of ultra-high capacity 5G+ communication.