Millimeter-Wave Generation in an Optoelectronic Oscillator Using an Ultrahigh Finesse Etalon as a Photonic Filter

    Authors

    M. Bagnell; J. Davila-Rodriguez;P. J. Delfyett

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Lightwave Technol.

    Keywords

    Fabry-Perot resonators; microwave oscillators; millimeter-wave; generation; optoelectronic devices; FABRY-PEROT ETALON; LOW PHASE NOISE; FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; MICROWAVE-OSCILLATOR; LASER FREQUENCY; SPURIOUS LEVEL; MODULATOR; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Telecommunications

    Abstract

    A Fabry-Perot etalon with a finesse of 100 000 is used as a photonic filter in a single loop optoelectronic oscillator. The etalon provides narrow bandwidth microwave filtering at harmonics of its 1.5 GHz free spectral range for oscillation in the range of 6 to 60 GHz. Fiber delays as long as 2 km are added to the loop with no spurious modes visible above the noise floor. The environmental stability of the etalon makes it suitable as a secondary reference for feedback to the optical frequency which contributes to the reduction of phase noise and long term frequency drift.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Lightwave Technology

    Volume

    32

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1063

    Last Page

    1067

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000332965600002

    ISSN

    0733-8724

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