title: Adaptive linearized microwave downconversion utilizing a single dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator.
abstract: An adaptive postprocessing approach to improve the linearity of the down-converted analog photonic link has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. With the inverse transformation for the detected signal, the third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) can be significantly suppressed when only the frequency and bandwidth of the signal are known. Experimental results show that the spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of the link can reach ∼126  dB·Hz(4/5) after the proposed compensation scheme.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Lianshan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zhiyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xihua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Anlin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yi