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Tenth International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics

The SNR characteristics of quantum microwave photonics in radio-over-fiber systems

Yaqing Jin, Ye Yang, Huibo Hong, Xiao Xiang, Runai Quan, Tao Liu, Shougang Zhang, Ming Li, Ruifang Dong

Published Dec 15, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

The quantum microwave photonics in radio-over-fiber (QMWP-RoF) systems has been recently demonstrated with a time-energy entangled biphoton source as the optical carrier combined with the single-photon detection technique. The results showed that the QMWP-RoF can realize the nonlocal recovery of the RF modulation from the unmodulated signal photons. Moreover, the RF modulation on the dispersed idler photons can be distilled. In this letter, we further investigate the SNRs of the recovered RF modulation as a function of the temporal selection window on the coincidence distribution of the biphotons. According to the investigation, the highest SNR of the nonlocally recovered RF modulation from the non-dispersed signal photons is achieved when the selection temporal width on the photon approaches the FWHM of the coincidence distribution, which may experience broadening due to the dispersion. On the other hand, the highest SNR of the distilled RF modulation from the dispersed idler photons is achieved at a fixed temporal width regardless of the dispersion effect. The results provide a guideline for optimizing the QMWP-RoF system under different dispersive conditions, which can better illustrate the resistance of the dispersion.

DOI
10.1117/12.2654839

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As the main branch of microwave photonics, radio-over-fiber technology provides high bandwidth, low-loss, and long-distance propagation capability, facilitating wide applications ranging from telecommunication to wireless networks. With ultrashort pulses as the optical carrier, a large capacity is further endowed. However, the wide bandwidth of ultrashort pulses results in the severe vulnerability of high-frequency radio frequency (RF) signals to fiber dispersion. With a time-energy entangled biphoton source as the optical carrier combined with the single-photon detection technique, a quantum microwave photonics method in radio-over-fiber systems is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The results show that it not only realizes unprecedented nonlocal RF signal modulation with strong resistance to the dispersion but also provides an alternative mechanism to distill the RF signal out from the dispersion effectively. Furthermore, the spurious-free dynamic ranges of the nonlocally modulated and distilled RF signals have been significantly improved. With the ultra-weak detection and the high-speed processing advantages endowed by the low-timing-jitter single-photon detection, the quantum microwave photonics method opens new possibilities in modern communication and networks.
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