• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 7, 1669 (2022)
Yaqing Jin1、2, Ye Yang3、4, Huibo Hong1、2, Xiao Xiang1、2, Runai Quan1、2, Tao Liu1、2, Shougang Zhang1、2, Ninghua Zhu3、5、6, Ming Li3、5、6、7, and Ruifang Dong1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Time and Frequency Primary Standards, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710600, China
  • 2School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 4The 29th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Chengdu 610029, China
  • 5School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 6Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 7e-mail: ml@semi.ac.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.453934 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yaqing Jin, Ye Yang, Huibo Hong, Xiao Xiang, Runai Quan, Tao Liu, Shougang Zhang, Ninghua Zhu, Ming Li, Ruifang Dong. Quantum microwave photonics in radio-over-fiber systems[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(7): 1669 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    As the main branch of microwave photonics, radio-over-fiber technology provides high bandwidth, low-loss, and long-distance propagation capability, facilitating wide applications ranging from telecommunication to wireless networks. With ultrashort pulses as the optical carrier, a large capacity is further endowed. However, the wide bandwidth of ultrashort pulses results in the severe vulnerability of high-frequency radio frequency (RF) signals to fiber dispersion. With a time-energy entangled biphoton source as the optical carrier combined with the single-photon detection technique, a quantum microwave photonics method in radio-over-fiber systems is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The results show that it not only realizes unprecedented nonlocal RF signal modulation with strong resistance to the dispersion but also provides an alternative mechanism to distill the RF signal out from the dispersion effectively. Furthermore, the spurious-free dynamic ranges of the nonlocally modulated and distilled RF signals have been significantly improved. With the ultra-weak detection and the high-speed processing advantages endowed by the low-timing-jitter single-photon detection, the quantum microwave photonics method opens new possibilities in modern communication and networks.
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    Ψ(t1,t2)=h(t2)Ψ(t1,t2).

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    Ψ(t1,t2)exp[(t1t2β1)2β22/τc2]+12{exp[iωRF(t2+β1+β2ωRF)]exp[(t1t2β12β2ωRF)2β22/τc2]+exp[iωRF(t2+β1β2ωRF)]exp[(t1t2β1+2β2ωRF)2β22/τc2]}.

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    ϕs(t1)dt2S(t1t2β1)Ψ(t1,t2)erf(τcβ2)+C1exp(iβ2ωRF2)cos(ωRFt1)1+C1exp(iβ2ωRF2)cos(ωRFt1).

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    ϕi(t2)dt1S(t1t2β1)Ψ(t1,t2)erf(1τcβ2)+C2exp(iβ2ωRF2)cos(ωRFt2+ωRFβ1)1+C2exp(iβ2ωRF2)cos[ωRF(t2+β1)].

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    Yaqing Jin, Ye Yang, Huibo Hong, Xiao Xiang, Runai Quan, Tao Liu, Shougang Zhang, Ninghua Zhu, Ming Li, Ruifang Dong. Quantum microwave photonics in radio-over-fiber systems[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(7): 1669
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