Title :
A low phase noise dual loop optoelectronic oscillator as a voltage controlled oscillator with phase locked loop
Author :
Spencer, Daryl T. ; Srinivasan, Sudharsanan ; Bluestone, Aaron ; Guerra, Danielle ; Theogarajan, Luke ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate phase noise improvement in a high frequency 20 GHz optoelectronic oscillator through dual delay lines and phase locking to a low frequency oven controlled crystal oscillator.
Keywords :
crystal oscillators; integrated optoelectronics; microwave oscillators; optical delay lines; phase locked loops; phase noise; voltage-controlled oscillators; dual delay lines; dual loop optoelectronic oscillator; frequency 20 GHz; low frequency oven controlled crystal oscillator; low phase noise optoelectronic oscillator; phase locked loop; phase locking; phase noise improvement; voltage controlled oscillator; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave filters; Microwave oscillators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995423