Advanced Microwave Optical Links for LO Distribution in Satellite Payloads

Author

Onillon, Bertrand ; Benazet, Benoit ; Llopis, Olivier

Author_Institution

LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Microwave optical links can replace electrical cables and harnesses for master oscillator distribution. This paper presents optical links designed and optimized for transmission of Ku-band LO signals with high performance: the transmitter is based on the DSB-CS modulation technique, and the receiver consists in an injection locked photo-oscillator. Such a sub-system is well suited for the optical distribution of high spectral purity microwave signals to numerous receivers, as required in satellite payloads

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; injection locked oscillators; microwave links; microwave oscillators; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optical transmitters; phase noise; satellite links; DSB-CS modulation technique; Ku-band LO signal transmission; LO distribution; Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator; advanced microwave optical links; carrier suppression; electrical cables; harnesses; injection locked photo-oscillator; local oscillator; master oscillator distribution; phase noise; receiver; satellite payloads; spectral purity microwave signals; transmitter; Cables; Injection-locked oscillators; Microwave oscillators; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Payloads; Satellites; Signal design; Carrier suppression; Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator; local oscillator; microwave optical link; phase noise; photo-oscillator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2006. MWP '06. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0203-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0204-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2006.346507

Filename

4153809