Title :
Low phase noise and frequency tunable 95–115 GHz photonic LO based upon DSB-SC modulation in an MZM and FWM in an UL-SOA
Author :
Garcia, Alvaro ; Pillet, Gregoire ; Manager, L. ; Morvan, Loic ; Babiel, S. ; Fedderwitz, Sascha ; Stohr, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Optoelektron., Univ. Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate a low-phase noise frequency-tunable photonic source for generating 100 GHz W-band signals. The source offers up to twelve times optical multiplication by exploiting nonlinearities in MZM and FWM in UL-SOA. Wide frequency tuning (95-115 GHz) with average output power of -24 dBm @ 4.18 mA photocurrent and output power variations <;0.5 dB is demonstrated. The absolute phase noise of the W-band signals is measured to be <;-91 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz. By using an optical reference LO, the residual phase noise from the photonic source is confirmed to be even <;-103 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical modulation; phase noise; photoemission; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal generators; tuning; DSB-SC modulation; FWM; MZM; Mach-Zehnder modulators; UL-SOA; W-band signals; frequency 95 GHz to 115 GHz; frequency tunable photonic LO; low-phase noise frequency-tunable photonic source; optical multiplication; optical reference LO; output power variations; photocurrent; photonic source; residual phase noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wide frequency tuning; Frequency modulation; Optical amplifiers; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Phase noise; Photonics; FWM effect; phase noise; photonic down-convertion; photonic microwave signal generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2012 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Noordwijk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2863-0
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2012.6474079
