Self-stabilized optoelectronic oscillator using frequency-shifted feedback and a delay line - Université de Rennes
Journal Articles IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Year : 2016

Self-stabilized optoelectronic oscillator using frequency-shifted feedback and a delay line

Abstract

We report a new scheme of photonic microwave oscillator at telecommunication wavelength. It consists of two monolithic distributed feedback (DFB) laser diodes, whose beat-note is stabilized by means of frequency-shifted optical feedback. The feedback beam is modulated by the delayed beat-note itself, and this permits to get a stable optically carried microwave without the need of any external reference. Dual and single sideband modulation schemes were tested by using an intensity modulator and a frequency shifter, respectively. The single sideband scheme results in a better stability and a 10 dB improvement of the phase noise. A phase noise level of -65 dBc/Hz, detection limited, at 100 Hz from a 12 GHz carrier is obtained.
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hal-01343400 , version 1 (08-07-2016)

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Marc Vallet, Marco Romanelli, Goulc'Hen Loas, Frederic Van Dijk, Mehdi Alouini. Self-stabilized optoelectronic oscillator using frequency-shifted feedback and a delay line. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2016, 28 (10), pp.1088-1091. ⟨10.1109/LPT.2016.2530826⟩. ⟨hal-01343400⟩
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