Optical generation of low-phase noise microwave signals using nonlinear MZM and ultra-long SOA

SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 255-259

  Garcia, A ^a   Fedderwitz, S ^a   Stohr A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FWM effect; phase noise; photonic microwave signals generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL MODULATION; FWM EFFECT; LO FREQUENCY; LO SOURCES; LOCAL OSCILLATOR SOURCES; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW PHASE NOISE; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MILLIMETER-WAVE (MM-WAVE); MM-WAVE; MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; OPTICAL DOMAINS; OPTICAL GENERATION; PHASE NOISE MEASUREMENT; PHASE-NOISE LEVELS; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE; SIGNAL GENERATION;

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT MODULATORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

PHASE NOISE;

EID: 84860476010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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