Title :
Optical injection locking of a microwave monolithic self-oscillating mixer
Author :
Callaghan, P. ; Gomes, N.J. ; Babu, S. K Suresh ; Jastrzebski, A.K.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Labs., Kent Univ., Canterbury, UK
fDate :
6/19/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Direct optical injection locking of a monolithic self-oscillating mixer operating at ~6 GHz is reported. The mixing can be achieved with conversion gain and the locking provides considerable improvement in carrier-to-noise ratio for both the oscillation signal and the resultant intermediate-frequency (IF) signal. This type of component may be attractive for systems involving the fibre distribution of microwave reference signals
Keywords :
MESFET integrated circuits; MMIC mixers; injection locked oscillators; optical fibre communication; 6 GHz; carrier-to-noise ratio; conversion gain; fibre distribution; intermediate-frequency signal; microwave monolithic self-oscillating mixer; microwave reference signals; optical injection locking; oscillation signal;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970783
