Title

Millimeter-Wave Generation In An Optoelectronic Oscillator Using An Ultrahigh Finesse Etalon As A Photonic Filter

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; microwave oscillators; millimeter-wave generation; optoelectronic devices

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. © 1983-2012 IEEE.

Publication Date

3-15-2014

Publication Title

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volume

32

Issue

6

Number of Pages

1063-1067

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2013.2294944

Socpus ID

84896456868 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84896456868

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