Photonic synthesis of continuous-wave millimeter-wave signals using a passively mode-locked laser diode and selective optical filtering Articles uri icon

publication date

  • March 2012

start page

  • 1416

end page

  • 1419

issue

  • 6

volume

  • 54

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0895-2477

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1098-2760

abstract

  • We report a photonic synthesis scheme for CW mm-wave signal generation using a single Passively Mode-Locked Laser Diode (PMLLD), optical filtering and photomixing in a fast photodiode. The phase noise of the photonically synthesized signals is evaluated and inherits the characteristics of the PMLLD electrical power spectrum.

subjects

  • Electronics
  • Optics

keywords

  • millimeter-wave photonic generation; mode-locked lasers; photomixing; phase noise