A frequency-doubling optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) with fundamental frequency signal cancellation based on a dual-polarization Mach–Zehnder modulator (DPol-MZM) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In the proposed structure, two different modulation modes can be utilized to realize the frequency-doubling OEO. One is the carrier-suppressed double-sideband (CS-DSB) modulation, and the other is double-sideband (DSB) modulation. In both cases, one path is used to achieve the fundamental frequency oscillation in the OEO loop through the utilization of an equivalent or conventional DSB modulation, and the other path is employed to realize the frequency-doubled signal. In the realization of the frequency-doubled signal, the fundamental frequency signal can be cancelled by introducing an additional pure optical carrier with proper power and its polarization direction opposite to that of the modulated optical signal. A high sideband suppression ratio of the frequency-doubled signal up to 40 dB is achieved.
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