Abstract

We have proposed and demonstrated a scheme to generate a frequency-sextupling amplitude shift keying (ASK)-single sideband optical millimeter (mm)-wave signal with high dispersion tolerance based on an optical phase modulator (PM) by ably using the−4th-order and +2nd-order sidebands of the optical modulation. The ASK radio frequency signal, superposed by a local oscillator with the same frequency, modulates the lightwave via an optical PM with proper voltage amplitudes, the +2nd-order sideband carries the ASK signal with a constant slope while the −4th-order sideband maintains constant amplitude. These two sidebands can be abstracted by a wavelength selective switch to form a dual-tone optical mm-wave with only one tone carrying the ASK signal. As only one tone bears the ASK signal while the other tone is unmodulated, the generated dual-tone optical mm-wave signal has high dispersion tolerance.

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