Title :
A self-sustained electrical soliton oscillator
Author :
Ricketts, David S. ; Li, Xiaofeng ; DePetro, Matt ; Ham, Donhee
Author_Institution :
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper introduces a robust self-sustained electrical soliton oscillator that combines a nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) and unique amplifier. The amplifier uses a non-linear transfer function and an adaptive bias control to work in cooperation with the soliton dynamics of the NLTL. This system reproducibly self-generates stable soliton pulse trains. Experimental results are presented together with a description of the stability mechanisms.
Keywords :
adaptive control; amplifiers; oscillators; pulse generators; solitons; transfer functions; transmission lines; adaptive bias control; amplifier; nonlinear transfer function; nonlinear transmission line; pulse generation; self-sustained electrical soliton oscillator; soliton dynamics; soliton mode-locking; stable soliton pulse trains; Adaptive control; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Oscillators; Programmable control; Pulse amplifiers; Robustness; Solitons; Stability; Transfer functions; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2005 IEEE MTT-S International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8845-3
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516935
