Title :
Microwave generation using an integrated hybrid silicon mode-locked laser in a coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration
Author :
SRINIVASAN, SUDARSHAN ; Spencer, Daryl T. ; Heck, Martijn J. R. ; Norberg, Erik ; Fish, Gregory ; Theogarajan, Luke ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the feasibility of using a hybrid silicon mode-locked laser in a coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration for generating low phase noise 20-GHz microwave signal. The free-running oscillator has a 3dB RF linewidth of 14kHz.
Keywords :
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser mode locking; laser noise; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical pulse generation; phase noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; RF linewidth; coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration; free-running oscillator; frequency 14 kHz; frequency 20 GHz; integrated hybrid silicon mode-locked laser; low phase noise microwave signal generation; noise figure 3 dB; Laser mode locking; Masers; Microwave circuits; Microwave filters; Microwave oscillators; Microwave photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
