Low phase noise wideband LFM signal generation by injection-locking an optoelectronic oscillator

A method of generating phase noise of the wideband linear frequency-modulated (LFM) signal is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Phase noise at 10 kHz frequency offset is improved by 12 dB.

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