Title :
Millimeter-Wave Generation via Frequency Quadrupling in an Optically-Injected Optoelectronic Oscillator
Author :
Shin, Myunghun ; Kumar, Prem
Author_Institution :
Northwestern Univ., Evanston
Abstract :
We demonstrate cascaded electroabsorption-modulator-based optoelectronic oscillators (EAM-OEOs) for generating millimeter-wave signals. Low phase-noise frequency quadrupling is achieved by optically injecting 10-GHz-rate pulses from a master EAM-OEO to a 40 GHz slave EAM-OEO.
Keywords :
millimetre wave generation; modulators; optoelectronic devices; oscillators; electroabsorption-modulator-based; frequency 10 GHz; frequency quadrupling; millimeter-wave generation; optically-injected optoelectronic oscillator; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Master-slave; Microwave oscillators; Millimeter wave communication; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348914
