US 12,278,457 B2
Optical fiber microwave frequency transmission method based on laser frequency offset-locking
Yi Zhang, Xi'an (CN)
Assigned to Xi'an Creation Keji CO., Ltd., Xi'an (CN)
Appl. No. 17/256,879
Filed by Xi'an Creation Keji CO., Ltd., Xi'an (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/138117
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/133685, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0266798 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H01S 3/13 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01)
CPC H01S 3/1305 (2013.01) [H01S 3/1307 (2013.01); H01S 3/2391 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical fiber microwave frequency transmission method based on laser frequency offset-locking, adapted for a microwave frequency transmitter, comprising:
generating a master laser signal and a slave laser signal by a master laser and a slave laser respectively;
transmitting the master laser signal and the slave laser signal to a microwave frequency receiver by an optical fiber link, and locking a frequency difference between the master laser and the slave laser to a preset microwave frequency by using a laser frequency offset-locking on the master laser signal and the slave laser signal;
receiving a return laser signal returned from the microwave frequency receiver, wherein the return laser signal comprises the master laser signal, the slave laser signal and a noise of the optical fiber link; and
generating a reference signal, and adjusting the preset microwave frequency according to the reference signal and the return laser signal to compensate the noise of the optical fiber link to thereby make a microwave frequency subsequently received by the microwave frequency receiver approach a frequency of the reference signal;
wherein the reference signal comprises Vr=cos(ωrt+φr), ωr represents the frequency of the reference signal, φr represents a phase of the reference signal, t represents a time, and Vr represents the reference signal;
wherein the adjusting the preset microwave frequency according to the reference signal and the return laser signal to compensate the noise of the optical fiber link to thereby make a microwave frequency subsequently received by the microwave frequency receiver approach a frequency of the reference signal, comprises:
generating a first conjugated signal V1=cos(ω1t+φ1) and a second conjugated signal V2=cos(ω2t+φ2) according to the reference signal, where ω1 and ω2 represent a frequency of the first conjugated signal and a frequency of the second conjugated signal respectively, φ1 and φ2 represent a phase of the first conjugated signal and a phase of the second conjugated signal respectively, ω12=2ωr, φ12=2φr+ξ, and ξ is a constant;
performing, by a first photodetector, a conversion of laser signal to radio frequency signal on the return laser signal to thereby output a converted return laser signal Vback=cos(ω0t+φ00+2φp); where φp is the noise of the optical fiber link, ω0 represents the preset microwave frequency, φ0 represents a phase of a voltage-controlled oscillation signal outputted by a voltage-controlled oscillator, ξ0M−φS−φ0, φM represents a phase of the master laser signal, and φS represents a phase of the slave laser signal;
performing frequency-mixing on the voltage-controlled oscillation signal and the first conjugated signal to obtain a first mixed signal Ve1=cos [(ω0−ω1)t+φ0−φ1] and outputting the first mixed signal;
performing frequency-mixing on the second conjugated signal and the converted return laser signal to obtain a second mixed signal, Ve2=cos [(ω2−ω0)t+φ2−φ0−ξ0−2φp], and outputting the second mixed signal;
performing frequency-mixing on the first mixed signal and the second mixed signal to obtain a third mixed signal Ve3=cos [(ω12−2ω0)t+10012−2φ0−2φp−ξ0], and outputting the third mixed signal; and
performing, by a first servo controller, a feedback control on the voltage-controlled oscillator according to the third mixed signal to thereby make the preset microwave frequency be equal to the frequency of the reference signal;
wherein the microwave frequency transmitter comprises: a reference signal generator, a conjugated signal generator, a first mixer, a second mixer, a third mixer, the voltage-controlled oscillator, the first servo controller, and the first photodetector;
wherein an input end of the conjugated signal generator is connected to an output end of the reference signal generator, a first output end and a second output end of the conjugated signal generator are respectively connected to a first input end of the first mixer and a first input end of the third mixer, a second input end of the first mixer is connected to an output end of the voltage-controlled oscillator, the second mixer is connected between output ends of the first mixer and the third mixer, an output end of the second mixer is connected to an input end of the first servo controller, an output end of the first servo controller is connected to a first input end of the voltage-controlled oscillator, and a second input end of the third mixer is connected to an output end of the first photodetector; and
wherein the reference signal generator is configured to generate the reference signal, the conjugated signal generator is configured to receive the reference signal and generate the first conjugated signal and the second conjugated signal according to the reference signal, the first mixer is configured to receive the voltage-controlled oscillation signal and the first conjugated signal and perform frequency-mixing on the voltage-controlled oscillation signal and the first conjugated signal to obtain the first mixed signal and output the first mixed signal to the second mixer, the third mixer is configured to receive the second conjugated signal and the converted return laser signal and perform frequency-mixing on the second conjugated signal and the converted return laser signal to obtain the second mixed signal and output the second mixed signal to the second mixer, and the second mixer is configured to receive the first mixed signal and the second mixed signal and perform frequency-mixing on the first mixed signal and the second mixed signal to obtain the third mixed signal and output the third mixed signal to the first servo controller.