• DocumentCode
    1215125
  • Title

    Phase noise characterization by carrier suppression techniques in RF photonic systems

  • Author

    Shieh, W. ; Maleki, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    474
  • Lastpage
    476
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate a novel approach to measure the phase noise in radio-frequency photonic systems by employing a suppressed carrier technique. With this technique, the flicker phase noise floor is reduced by 36 dB. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that the phase noise of a photodetector is measured, and found to be -126 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz from the carrier at 8.4 GHz.
  • Keywords
    flicker noise; microwave photonics; phase noise; photodetectors; RF photonic system; carrier suppression; flicker phase noise; photodetector; Detectors; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Phase detection; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Phased arrays; Photodetectors; RF signals; Radio frequency; Microwave; optical fiber applications; phase noise; phased array radar; photodetector;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.839781
  • Filename
    1386353