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Photonic synthesis of continuous‐wave millimeter‐wave signals using a passively mode‐locked laser diode and selective optical filtering
Author(s) -
Acedo P.,
Carpintero G.,
Criado A.R.,
de Dios C.,
Yvind K.
Publication year - 2012
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/mop.26822
Subject(s) - extremely high frequency , photodiode , photonics , continuous wave , optoelectronics , microwave , diode , photomixing , laser diode , signal (programming language) , laser , materials science , phase noise , terahertz radiation , optics , physics , far infrared laser , telecommunications , computer science , terahertz metamaterials , programming language
Abstract We report a photonic synthesis scheme for continuous wave millimeter‐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. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1416–1419, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26822