The invention discloses a frequency octupling
millimeter wave generation device through cascading of an
intensity modulator (IM) and a DPMZM modulator and a frequency octupling
millimeter wave generation method thereof, relates to the technical field of microwaves and the technical field of
optical communication, and is mainly applied to generation of high-frequency
millimeter waves. The method is shown in the appended drawings. The device comprises a
light source, a
radio frequency signal source, the IM modulator, a
polarization controller, the DPMZM modulator, an electric splitter and a photoelectric
detector. The IM modulator and the sub-modulator MZM-a of the DPMZM modulator work at the maximum point. The master modulator MZM-c of the DPMZM modulator works at the minimum point. The
DC bias of the sub-modulator MZM-b of the DPMZM modulator is reasonably set so that frequency octupling millimeter wave signals can be generated. According to the method, the
radio frequency index required for generating
high frequency /
extremely high frequency signals can be greatly reduced so that
system cost can be reduced. Meanwhile, use of a filter is avoided so that the method has great
frequency regulation. Finally the generated signals are low in
phase noise and high in spectrum purity.