• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 49, Issue 12, 1206005 (2022)
Haiping Song, Chuanming Huang, Hugui Jin, Mengfan Cheng..., Deming Liu and Lei Deng*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/CJL202249.1206005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Haiping Song, Chuanming Huang, Hugui Jin, Mengfan Cheng, Deming Liu, Lei Deng. High-Speed, Coherent, Beyond-5G Fronthaul System Based on DSP-Free Remote Antenna Unit[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(12): 1206005 Copy Citation Text show less
    Principle of asymmetric dual single sideband modulation for co-frequency vector millimeter-wave signals generation
    Fig. 1. Principle of asymmetric dual single sideband modulation for co-frequency vector millimeter-wave signals generation
    Schematic of four independent co-frequency RF signal transmission based on polarization division multiplexing and dual single sideband modulation
    Fig. 2. Schematic of four independent co-frequency RF signal transmission based on polarization division multiplexing and dual single sideband modulation
    Scheme of four independent co-frequency millimeter-wave signals generation based on optical frequency up-conversion
    Fig. 3. Scheme of four independent co-frequency millimeter-wave signals generation based on optical frequency up-conversion
    Schematic of crosstalk between symmetric sideband signals
    Fig. 4. Schematic of crosstalk between symmetric sideband signals
    Crosstalk between symmetric sideband signals caused by IQ amplitude imbalance and IQ skew. (a) IQ amplitude imbalance; (b) IQ skew
    Fig. 5. Crosstalk between symmetric sideband signals caused by IQ amplitude imbalance and IQ skew. (a) IQ amplitude imbalance; (b) IQ skew
    Crosstalk between symmetric sideband signals caused by IQ amplitude imbalance and IQ skew. (a) Theoretical result; (b) simulated result when α is 1.1 and τ is 1 ps
    Fig. 6. Crosstalk between symmetric sideband signals caused by IQ amplitude imbalance and IQ skew. (a) Theoretical result; (b) simulated result when α is 1.1 and τ is 1 ps
    Sideband signal spectra. (a) Before compensation; (b) after IQ amplitude imbalance compensation; (c) after IQ skew compensation; (d) after IQ amplitude imbalance and IQ skew compensation
    Fig. 7. Sideband signal spectra. (a) Before compensation; (b) after IQ amplitude imbalance compensation; (c) after IQ skew compensation; (d) after IQ amplitude imbalance and IQ skew compensation
    Experimental setup, optical spectra, and electrical spectra of proposed scheme. (a) Experimental setup; (b)(c) optical spectra at corresponding nodes; (d)(e) electrical spectra of detected signal
    Fig. 8. Experimental setup, optical spectra, and electrical spectra of proposed scheme. (a) Experimental setup; (b)(c) optical spectra at corresponding nodes; (d)(e) electrical spectra of detected signal
    Optical spectra at different conditions. (a) Change IQ skew when only LSB signal is transmitted; (b) change Vpp of I(t) when only LSB signal is transmitted; (c) change IQ skew when only USB signal is transmitted; (d) change Vpp of I(t) when only USB signal is transmitted
    Fig. 9. Optical spectra at different conditions. (a) Change IQ skew when only LSB signal is transmitted; (b) change Vpp of I(t) when only LSB signal is transmitted; (c) change IQ skew when only USB signal is transmitted; (d) change Vpp of I(t) when only USB signal is transmitted
    SSR curves. (a) SSR results versus IQ skew; (b) SSR results versus Vpp of I(t)
    Fig. 10. SSR curves. (a) SSR results versus IQ skew; (b) SSR results versus Vpp of I(t)
    Performance of received signal. (a) EVM value versus IQ skew; (b) EVM value versus CSPR
    Fig. 11. Performance of received signal. (a) EVM value versus IQ skew; (b) EVM value versus CSPR
    Performance of received signal. (a) RBER performance versus ROP; (b) EVM value versus baud rate
    Fig. 12. Performance of received signal. (a) RBER performance versus ROP; (b) EVM value versus baud rate
    EVM performance of received signal. (a) EVM performance versus sampling rate; (b) EVM value of generated millimeter-wave signal in terms of carrier frequency of proposed scheme and previous scheme [26]
    Fig. 13. EVM performance of received signal. (a) EVM performance versus sampling rate; (b) EVM value of generated millimeter-wave signal in terms of carrier frequency of proposed scheme and previous scheme [26]
    SchemeModulatorPhotonic frequency up-conversionNumber of transmitted independent signalsCrosstalk between symmetric sidebandsCo-frequency
    Ref. [19]DDMZMYes1Not exist-
    Ref. [20]IQMZMYes1Not exist-
    Ref. [21]IQMZMNo2ExistYes
    Ref. [22]DP-DDMZMNo2Not existYes
    Ref. [23]IQMZMNo2Not existNo
    Ref. [24]IQMZMYes2ExistYes
    Proposed scheme[25]IQMZMYes2Not existYes
    Proposed scheme[26]DP-IQMZMNo4ExistYes
    This workDP-IQMZM & MZMYes4Eliminated at the transmitterYes
    Table 1. Comparison of multiple analog millimeter-wave over fiber mobile fronthaul systems based on self-heterodyne coherent detection technique
    fs1/GHzfs2/GHz(2fs2fs1)/GHz
    81624
    91827
    102030
    10.52131.5
    Table 2. Signal carrier frequency in AWG and frequency of RF source
    Haiping Song, Chuanming Huang, Hugui Jin, Mengfan Cheng, Deming Liu, Lei Deng. High-Speed, Coherent, Beyond-5G Fronthaul System Based on DSP-Free Remote Antenna Unit[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(12): 1206005
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