• DocumentCode
    909784
  • Title

    Noise properties of harmonically injection-locked oscillators

  • Author

    Shumakher, E. ; Eisenstein, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Technion, Haifa, Israel
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    900
  • Lastpage
    902
  • Abstract
    We analyze the noise properties of an injection-locked pair of oscillators whose frequencies are a harmonic of each other. This harmonic injection locking process is indirect and mediated by a nonlinear mixing process. The mixing signals are inherently correlated and, therefore, the phase noise of the locked system is lower than that of either original oscillator. We present a highly accurate time domain numerical model whose results are confirmed by an electrooptic experimental implementation.
  • Keywords
    heterojunction bipolar transistors; injection locked oscillators; microwave oscillators; microwave photonics; phase noise; phototransistors; synchronisation; harmonically injection-locked oscillators; noise properties; nonlinear mixing; phase noise; time domain numerical model; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency synchronization; Harmonic analysis; Injection-locked oscillators; Numerical models; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Phase noise; Power harmonic filters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.823763
  • Filename
    1269833