Contribution of laser frequency and power fluctuations to the microwave phase noise of optoelectronic oscillators

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2730-2735

  Volyanskiy, Kirill ^a,b   Chembo, Yanne K ^a   Larger, Laurent ^a   Rubiola, Enrico ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^b SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY OF AEROSPACE INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; laser noise; microwaves; noise measurement; optoelectronic devices; optoelectronic oscillator; phase noise; stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

FIBER DELAY LINES; LASER FREQUENCY; LASER NOISE; MODULATED LASERS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FIBER DELAY LINE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTO-ELECTRONIC OSCILLATOR; PHASE NOISE PERFORMANCE; POWER FLUCTUATIONS; POWER NOISE; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; TELECOM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVELENGTH FLUCTUATIONS; ZERO-DISPERSION FIBERS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FIBERS; LASER THEORY; LASERS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKET SWITCHING; PHASE NOISE; RADIO WAVES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 77956286838     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2064230     Document Type: Article

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