FIG. 1. Schematic diagram of the proposed IFM approach: fm, the microwave frequency to be measured; PMF, polarization maintaining fiber; SMF, single mode fiber; PD, photodetector; PC, personal computer.
FIG. 2. Response of the two photonic MRRs, under the four modulation conditions: (a) optical carrier suppression (OCS), (b) double side band (DSB), (c) upper side band (USB), (d) lower side band (LSB).
FIG. 3. Response of the designed MRRs for (a) t = 0.63 and (b) t = 0.75.
FIG. 4. MRR frequency responses together with the ACF, under modulation conditions of (a) OCS, (b) DSB, (c) USB, and (d) LSB.
TABLE 1. Simulation results for the proposed IFM approach
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