Title :
Low phase-noise 40 GHz optical pulses from a self-starting electroabsorption-modulator-based optoelectronic oscillator
Author :
Shin, Myunghun ; Devgan, Preetpaul S. ; Grigoryan, Vladimir S. ; Kumar, Prem ; Chung, Yong-Duck ; Kim, Jeha
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
Abstract :
We demonstrate an optoelectronic oscillator using an electroabsorption modulator to generate a low phase-noise 40 GHz optical pulse train. The oscillator has a measured phase noise of -100 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset from the carrier
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical fibre communication; phase noise; 10 kHz; 40 GHz; electroabsorption modulator; optical pulse train; optical pulses; optoelectronic oscillator; phase noise; self-starting modulator; High speed optical techniques; Optical feedback; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Oscillators; Phase noise; Photodiodes; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215938
