Open AccessPhase noise performance comparison between microwaves generated with Kerr optical frequency combs and optoelectronic oscillators
Author(s) -
Saleh K.,
Chembo Y.K.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2016.3160
Subject(s) - microwave , phase noise , optoelectronics , photonics , radio frequency , phase (matter) , noise (video) , optics , optical communication , physics , materials science , telecommunications , computer science , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , quantum mechanics
Kerr optical frequency combs and optoelectronic oscillators are microwave photonic systems that can generate ultra‐pure radio‐frequency signals in the gigahertz range. We comparatively investigate the phase noise performances of both microwave generators and analyse as well their specific spectral features.