Title :
Phase noise characteristics of millimeter waves generated by Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator
Author :
Morohashi, Isao ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Sotobayashi, Hideyuki ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Hosako, Iwao
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate low phase noise characteristics of millimeter (MM) waves using Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator. MM waves are generated by beating optical two modes extracted from a comb signal. The rms phase noise of the signal measured at 37.5 GHz was 0.02 rad.
Keywords :
millimetre wave generation; modulators; phase noise; Mach-Zehnder modulator; flat comb generator; frequency 37.5 GHz; low phase noise; millimeter wave generation; optical two modes; Bandwidth; Generators; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical imaging; Phase noise; RF signals;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612511
