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Optical phase-locked loop with fibre lasers for low phase noise millimetre-wave signal generation

Optical phase-locked loop with fibre lasers for low phase noise millimetre-wave signal generation

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  • Author(s): M. Hyodo 1 ; S. Saito 1 ; Y. Kasai 2
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    • Affiliations: 1: Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Japan
      2: Applied Electromagnetic Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
  • Source: Volume 45, Issue 17, 13 August 2009, p. 878 – 880
    DOI:  10.1049/el.2009.0801 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
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An optical phase-locked loop (OPLL) using two continuous-wave commercial fibre lasers was implemented by means of pump power modulation. Although the 3 dB bandwidth of the frequency modulation transfer function of a fibre laser was measured to be approximately 6 kHz, the control bandwidth of the loop was extended by a factor of 10 using electronic phase-lead compensation. The operation of our OPLL was stable with a residual RMS phase fluctuation of 57 mrad. By using this technique, the photonic generation of millimetre-wave signals up to 64 GHz was successfully demonstrated.

Inspec keywords: fibre lasers; optical phase locked loops; optical transfer function; low-power electronics; phase noise; signal generators

Other keywords: electronic phase-lead compensation; fibre lasers; optical phase-locked loop; frequency modulation transfer function; pump power modulation; low phase noise millimetre-wave signal generation

Subjects: Modulation and optical transfer functions; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Fibre lasers and amplifiers; Optical communication; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Fibre lasers and amplifiers; Signal generators

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