Title :
Fibre-integrated heterodyne optical injection phase-lock loop for optical generation of millimetre-wave carriers
Author :
Johansson, L.A. ; Seeds, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
We report the first experimental demonstration of millimetre-wave modulated optical signal generation by an optical injection phase-lock loop. A 36 GHz signal was generated with low phase noise, -90 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, and a locking range exceeding 30 GHz.
Keywords :
Heterodyne detection; Microwave photonics; Optical fibres; Optical modulation; Optical phase locked loops; Phase noise; 36 GHz; fibre-integrated heterodyne optical injection phase-lock loop; locking range; millimetre-wave carriers; millimetre-wave modulated optical signal; optical generation; phase noise; Laser noise; Master-slave; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical variables control; Photodetectors; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5687-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862314
