Photonic-assisted one-third microwave frequency divider

Yu Zhang, Ruiqi Zheng, Erwin Hoi Wing Chan, Xudong Wang, Xinhuan Feng, Bai Ou Guan, Jianping Yao

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    Abstract

    A microwave photonic frequency divider to produce a frequency-divided microwave signal with its frequency that is one-third the frequency of the input microwave signal is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The key novelty of the approach is that the phase control, a condition to realise the frequency division operation, is implemented through controlling the modulator bias voltage, enabling a wideband, high resolution and fast response phase control. One-third frequency division with an ultra-high harmonic suppression of over 71.5 dB is demonstrated for the first time.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)627-629
    Number of pages3
    JournalElectronics Letters
    Volume58
    Issue number16
    Early online date2022
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2022

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    Funding Information:
    This work was supported in part by Guangdong Province Key Field R&D Program Project under Grant 2020B0101110002, in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61860206002 and Grant 61771221, and in part by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant 2021YFB2800804.

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