Optical control of a resonant tunneling diode microwave-photonic oscillator
Abstract
We report on optical injection-locking of a microwave-photonic oscillator based on the integration of a resonant tunneling diode optical waveguide photodetector with a communication laser diode. The oscillator locking was achieved with in-fiber optical powers as low as 0.2 mW, and locking ranges up to 23.8 MHz for in-fiber optical power of few milliwatts and with phase-noise suppression below -110 dBc/Hz at 10-kHz frequency offset from the center frequency. The circuit's dynamics are well described as an optically controlled Linard oscillator. © 2006 IEEE.
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Romeira, B. and Figueiredo, J. and Ironside, C. and Kelly, A. and Slight, T. 2010. Optical control of a resonant tunneling diode microwave-photonic oscillator. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 22 (21): pp. 1610-1612.
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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
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