Progress in the opto-electronic oscillator - a ten year anniversary review

Author

Yao, X.S. ; Maleki, L. ; Eliyahu, D.

Author_Institution

OEwaves, Inc., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

6-11 June 2004

Firstpage

287

Abstract

The opto-electronic oscillator (OEO), which uses an optical energy storage element to achieve low phase noise, represents a paradigm shift for generating high quality microwave signals. Since its first demonstration of low phase noise potential ten years ago at JPL, the OEO has been steadily improving its phase noise performance, frequency stability, and robustness. Now the OEO has moved beyond the laboratory and entered into real world applications, ranging from aerospace to telecommunications to instrumentation.

Keywords

aerospace computing; instrumentation; microwave generation; microwave oscillators; optoelectronic devices; phase noise; telecommunication computing; aerospace applications; frequency stability; instrumentation applications; low noise oscillator; micro-resonator; microwave oscillator; microwave signals generation; optical energy storage element; opto-electronic oscillator; phase noise performance; system robustness; telecommunications applications; Energy storage; Frequency; Laboratories; Microwave generation; Microwave oscillators; Noise robustness; Optical noise; Phase noise; Robust stability; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1335872

Filename

1335872