Title :
Ultrastable microwave and millimeter wave photonic oscillators
Author :
Logan, Ronald T., Jr. ; Maleki, Lute
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Novel photonic realizations of ultrastable microwave and millimeter-wave sources are discussed. The phase noise performance of an all-photonic microwave and millimeter-wave oscillator based on a mode-locked semiconductor laser stabilized by a fiber-optic delay-time is investigated. The phase noise performance is calculated using previously derived theory, and it is shown to compare favorably with the performance of state-of-the-art microwave oscillators
Keywords :
delay lines; frequency stability; laser mode locking; microwave oscillators; optical fibres; semiconductor lasers; solid-state microwave circuits; fiber-optic delay-time; microwave photonic oscillators; millimeter wave photonic oscillators; mode-locked semiconductor laser; phase noise performance; ultrastable oscillators; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser theory; Masers; Microwave oscillators; Optical fiber theory; Phase noise; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium, 1992. 46th., Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hershey, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0476-4
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.1992.269985
