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Fiber radio link based on microwave oscillator optical control
Author(s) -
Fendler M.,
Descamps P.,
Gouy J. P.,
Vilcot J. P.,
Decoster D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(19980620)18:3<193::aid-mop9>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - microwave , dbm , local oscillator , subharmonic , monolithic microwave integrated circuit , electrical engineering , radio frequency , microwave transmission , injection locking , radio over fiber , optical fiber , optical link , signal (programming language) , optoelectronics , laser linewidth , transmission (telecommunications) , materials science , optics , physics , telecommunications , engineering , computer science , laser , amplifier , cmos , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , programming language
A fiber radio link based on direct optical injection subharmonic locking of a GaAs MMIC oscillator at 10.6 GHz is experimentally demonstrated. Microwave output power of 7.6 dBm is reported. The oscillator can be locked using up to the 32nd subharmonic over a 200 kHz locking range. The achieved linewidth allowed transmission of a signal modulated down to 500 Hz through the link. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 18: 193–196, 1998.