DocumentCode
3074906
Title
Demonstration of 0 dB gain reactively matched optical links for very high purity signal distribution in s-band ground based radar systems
Author
Garénaux, K. ; Quet, V. ; Merlet, T. ; Maas, O.
Author_Institution
Thales Air Defense, Limours, France
fYear
2003
fDate
10-12 Sept. 2003
Firstpage
43
Lastpage
46
Abstract
Radar systems require transmission of very high purity local oscillators with both low phase noise and low insertion losses. We present optimized directly modulated reactively matched optical links, that exhibit 0 dB gain for frequencies below 1 GHz.
Keywords
optical fibre communication; optical losses; optical modulation; optical noise; optical radar; phase noise; wavelength division multiplexing; 0 dB; directly modulated optical links; ground based radar systems; low insertion losses; low phase noise; optimized optical links; reactively matched optical links; s-band radar systems; very high purity local oscillators; very high purity signal distribution; wavelength division multiplexing; Frequency; Gain; Insertion loss; Laser radar; Local oscillators; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Phase noise; Propagation losses;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8691-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWP.2003.1422820
Filename
1422820
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