A low phase noise optical link for reference oscillator signal distribution

Author

Quadri, G. ; Martinez-Reyes, H. ; Benazet, B. ; Llopis, O.

Author_Institution

LAAS, CNRS, Toulouse, France

fYear

2003

fDate

4-8 May 2003

Firstpage

336

Lastpage

340

Abstract

Various circuits dedicated to high spectral purity signal transmission over fiber optics are presented. The main application investigated is the 10 MHz reference frequency distribution in various subsystems of a satellite payload. Our work has been focused on the receiver and more particularly on the RF signal conditioning at the receiver level, in order to minimize the phase noise degradation due to the optoelectronics elements. The advantage of the photo-oscillator solution has been emphasized.

Keywords

injection locked oscillators; noise measurement; optical fibre communication; optical links; optical receivers; phase noise; 10 MHz; RF signal condition; fiber optics; frequency distribution; optical link; optoelectronics element; oscillator signal distribution; phase noise; phase noise degradation; photo-oscillator solution; radio frequency; receiver; satellite payload; spectral purity signal transmission; Circuits; Degradation; Frequency; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Oscillators; Payloads; Phase noise; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium and PDA Exhibition Jointly with the 17th European Frequency and Time Forum, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7688-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.2003.1275112

Filename

1275112