Tunable RF-band optoelectronic oscillator and optoelectronic computer-added design model for its simulation

A cost-effective tunable version of optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) that overcomes the well-known design tradeoffs in a traditional radio frequency (RF) oscillator is proposed. To validate the technique, a simple computerized model of the proposed OEO is used on the basis of commercial optoelectronic computer-added design tool. The model correctly simulates the phase noise close to the carrier. As an example, we demonstrate a 3-GHz OEO with simulation results that are experimentally confirmed by prototype measurements. A parametric comparison with an advanced wideband synthesizer integrated circuits (IC) is also presented. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:2474-2477, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26304

[1]  L. Larger,et al.  Determination of Phase Noise Spectra in Optoelectronic Microwave Oscillators: A Langevin Approach , 2008, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.

[2]  Enrico Rubiola,et al.  Dynamic instabilities of microwaves generated with optoelectronic oscillators. , 2007, Optics letters.

[3]  P. Kumar,et al.  1.25 Gbps Optical Data Channel Up-conversion in 20 GHz-Band via a Frequency-Doubling Optoelectronic Oscillator for Radio-Over-Fiber Systems , 2007, 2007 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium.

[4]  L. Maleki,et al.  Tunable, ultra-low phase noise YIG based opto-electronic oscillator , 2003, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003.

[5]  Mikhail E. Belkin,et al.  Microwave opto-electronic oscillator research , 2010, 2010 IEEE Region 8 International Conference on Computational Technologies in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SIBIRCON).

[6]  L. Maleki.  Recent Progress in Opto-Electronic Oscillator , 2005, 2005 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics.

[7]  L. Maleki,et al.  Optoelectronic oscillator for photonic systems , 1996 .

[8]  J. Zyss,et al.  Opto-electronic oscillator: Applications to sensors , 2008, 2008 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics jointly held with the 2008 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference.