Title :
A balanced optical-RF phase detector
Author :
Kim, J. ; Ludwig, F. ; Cheever, D. ; Ilday, F. Ö ; Burnham, J. ; Kärt, F.X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
A balanced optical-RF phase detector for the extraction of low-jitter RF-signals from optical pulse trains, which is robust against drifts and photodetector nonlinearities, is presented. Sub-10 fs in-loop relative timing jitter is demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical modulation; optical pulse generation; phase detectors; low jitter RF signals; optical pulse trains; phase detector; photodetector nonlinearities; relative timing jitter; Optical detectors; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Phase detection; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics; Voltage-controlled oscillators; (120.3940) Metrology; (320.7160) Ultrafast technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628260
