Ultra-low phase noise 10 GHz dual loop optoelectronic oscillator

Oriane Lelièvre (1) , Vincent Crozatier (1) , Ghaya Baili (1) , Perrine Berger (1) , Gregoire Pillet (1) , Daniel Dolfi (1) , Loïc Morvan (1) , Fabienne Goldfarb (2) , Fabien Bretenaker (2) , Olivier Llopis (3)

1 TRT - Thales Research and Technologies [Orsay]
2 LAC - Laboratoire Aimé Cotton
3 LAAS-MOST - Équipe Microondes et Opto-microondes pour Systèmes de Télécommunications

We present two dual loop optoelectronic oscillators using short fibers (1 km range). Fiber lengths are optimized using a simple model which predicts both configurations ultra-low phase noise results, improving either the close-to-carrier phase noise, or the spur level.

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique; Optique / photonique; Electronique

Oriane Lelièvre, Vincent Crozatier, Ghaya Baili, Perrine Berger, Gregoire Pillet, et al.. Ultra-low phase noise 10 GHz dual loop optoelectronic oscillator. IEEE Topical meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2016), Oct 2016, Long Beach, United States. pp.106-109, ⟨10.1109/MWP.2016.7791316⟩. ⟨hal-01990138⟩