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A flexible and efficient multi-band frequency conversion scheme is proposed and demonstrated based on single optical frequency comb. The simulation results indicate that the scheme can realize up and down cross-band frequency conversion simultaneously. The received 10 GHz signal (X-band) can be down-converted to S, C bands and up-converted to Ku, Ka, U and V band. In addition, it is also verified that a 28 GHz (Ka-band) input signal can be down-converted and up-converted to different satellite communication bands simultaneously. Moreover, the influence of the DC bias drift of MZM1 on the power of the frequency-converted signal is also investigated. The research shows that the system can adapt the DC drifting. The proposed scheme is proven to be reconfigurable, flexible and easy to implement for high-throughput satellite applications.
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This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant 62101113, China; the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (F2020501035); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (N2023008).
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Wu, B., Zheng, C., Zhao, Q. (2023). A Multi-band Frequency Conversion Scheme Based on Single Optical Frequency Comb for High-Throughput Satellite Applications. In: Liang, Q., Wang, W., Liu, X., Na, Z., Zhang, B. (eds) Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems. CSPS 2022. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 873. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1260-5_17
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