• DocumentCode
    2327205
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    1737
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5687-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862314
  • Filename
    862314