Title :
Modeling opto-electronic oscillators
Author :
Levy, Etgar C. ; Horowitz, Moshe ; Menyuk, Curtis R. ; Okusaga, Olukayode ; Zhou, Weimin ; Carter, Gary M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
A comprehensive model to accurately study phase noise and dynamics in optoelectronic oscillators is presented. The model results are compared to experiments. The comparison shows that the flicker noise increases as the cavity length increases.
Keywords :
optoelectronic devices; oscillators; cavity length; flicker noise; opto-electronic oscillators; 1f noise; Amplitude modulation; Frequency; Laboratories; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Oscillators; Phase noise; Radiofrequency amplifiers; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (230.0250) Optoelectronics; (230.4910) Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
