Fiber ring resonator based opto-electronic oscillator: Phase noise optimisation and thermal stability study

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7936, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Saleh, K ^a,b,c   Bouchier, A ^a,b   Merrer, P H ^a,b   Llopis, O ^a,b   Cibiel, G ^c  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

fiber ring resonator; Opto electronic oscillator; phase noise; quality factor; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX FIELDS; FIBER RING RESONATORS; FREQUENCY GENERATION; FREQUENCY NOISE; HIGH SPECTRAL PURITY; MICROWAVE DOMAINS; MICROWAVE ELEMENTS; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTO-ELECTRONIC OSCILLATOR; OSCILLATOR PHASE NOISE; OSCILLATOR SYSTEMS; Q-FACTORS; QUALITY FACTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMAL STABILITY STUDIES;

FIBERS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE NOISE; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 79955448056     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.873755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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