Title :
Noise properties of harmonically injection locked electronic and optoelectronic oscillators
Author :
Shumakher, E. ; Sheinman, B. ; Eisenstein, Gadi ; Ritter, D.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., TECHNION, Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We describe mutual harmonic injection-locking of three oscillators. The particular locking process correlates noise components yielding a system phase noise (-120 dBc/Hz) lower than the best free running noise. Low jitter optical pulses are also generated.
Keywords :
harmonic oscillators (circuits); heterojunction bipolar transistors; high-speed optical techniques; injection locked oscillators; laser mode locking; microwave oscillators; microwave photonics; optical noise; phase noise; phototransistors; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; harmonic injection-locking; harmonically injection locked optoelectronic oscillators; jitter; phase noise; Diode lasers; Frequency; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser mode locking; Microwave oscillators; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase noise; Power harmonic filters;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8691-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2003.1422865
