Analysis of Phase-Locking in Narrow-Band Optoelectronic Oscillators With Intermediate Frequency

Author

Talla, Alain Francis ; Martinenghi, Romain ; Goune Chengui, Geraud R. ; Talla Mbe, Jimmi H. ; Saleh, Khaldoun ; Coillet, Aurelien ; Guoping Lin ; Woafo, Paul ; Chembo, Yanne K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Volume

51

Issue

6

fYear

2015

fDate

Jun-15

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the phenomenon of phase-locking in laser-based optoelectronic oscillators from the point of view of nonlinear dynamics. We provide a theoretical and experimental analysis of the phase dynamics of these oscillators when driven by an external voltage in the intermediate frequency range. This configuration leads to phase-locking phenomena that can be theoretically analyzed from the viewpoint of Arnold tongues theory. Our research permits to determine analytically the range of parameters where the amplitude and the frequency of the driving source induce phase-locking.

Keywords

laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; phase locked oscillators; Arnold tongues theory; driving source; laser-based optoelectronic oscillators; narrow-band optoelectronic oscillators; nonlinear dynamics; phase dynamics; phase-locking analysis; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Numerical simulation; Numerical stability; Oscillators; Radio frequency; Stability analysis; Optoelectronic devices; nonlinear oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2015.2425957

Filename

7093123