• DocumentCode
    861100
  • Title

    Optical control of frequency and phase of GaAs MESFET oscillator

  • Author

    Blanchflower, I.D. ; Seeds, A.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll., London, UK
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    3/2/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    359
  • Lastpage
    360
  • Abstract
    Results are presented for a system combining optical injection locking and closed-loop optical-frequency tuning to achieve accurate phase and frequency control of a MESFET oscillator operating at 1.3 GHz. The system might find application in the phase synchronisation of modules in phased-array antennas, where the phase reference is distributed by an optical-fibre network.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; fibre optics; frequency control; gallium arsenide; microwave oscillators; phase control; phase-locked loops; solid-state microwave circuits; synchronisation; 1.3 GHz; GaAs; MESFET oscillator; closed-loop optical-frequency tuning; frequency control; microwave oscillators; optical control; optical injection locking; optical-fibre network; phase control; phase reference; phase synchronisation; phased-array antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19890249
  • Filename
    19767