Low phase-noise 40 GHz optical pulses from a self-starting electroabsorption-modulator-based optoelectronic oscillator

• Published in: 2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference p. 3 pp.
• Main Authors: Myunghun Shin, Devgan, P.S., Grigoryan, V.S., Kumar, P., Yong-Duck Chung, Jeha Kim
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2006
• Subjects: High speed optical techniques; Optical feedback; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Oscillators; Phase noise; Photodiodes; Pulse modulation

We demonstrate an optoelectronic oscillator using an electroabsorption modulator to generate a low phase-noise 40 GHz optical pulse train. The oscillator has a measured phase noise of -100 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset from the carrier