title: Multi-frequency phase-coded microwave signal generation based on polarization modulation and balanced detection.
abstract: Photonic multi-frequency phase-coded microwave signal generation is proposed and demonstrated based on polarization modulation and balanced detection. Consisting of only a polarization modulator (PolM) driven by an electrical coding data, a polarization beam splitter (PBS) and a balanced photodetector (BPD), the proposed microwave phase coder has no requirement on the wavelength, intensity modulation format, or modulation index of the input optical microwave signal, and allows phase coding of arbitrary-format RF signals, which enables multi-frequency phase coding with compact structure, simple operation, and high flexibility. A proof-of-concept experiment is performed, achieving simultaneous phase coding of 15 and 30 GHz, or 10 and 20 GHz RF signals with a coding rate of 5  Gb/s.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Weiyuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhengwu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Shilong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pan