Title :
Photonic microwave oscillator based on monolithic DFB lasers with frequencyshifted feedback
Author :
Wang, Lingfeng ; Romanelli, Marco ; van Dijk, Frederic ; Vallet, Marc
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Phys. de Rennes, Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Abstract :
A photonic oscillator, locked to a master RF synthesiser, was built by using a monolithic dual-wavelength DFB semiconductor laser submitted to a frequency-shifted optical feedback. A [3; 10] GHz tuning range is reported, with a phase noise level lower than -70 dBrad2/Hz at a 10 Hz offset from the carrier.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; frequency synthesizers; laser feedback; laser tuning; microwave oscillators; microwave photonics; phase noise; semiconductor lasers; frequency 3 GHz to 10 GHz; frequency-shifted optical feedback; master RF synthesiser; monolithic DFB lasers; monolithic dual-wavelength DFB semiconductor laser; phase noise level; photonic microwave oscillator; tuning;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2014.0155