Photonic generation of RF multiple carriers using a mode-locked laser and a single photodiode

Paolo Ghelfi; Giovanni Serafino; Francesco Fresi; Guillermo E. Villanueva; Pere Pérez-Millán; José L. Cruz; Fabrizio Berizzi; Antonella Bogonia

doi:10.1117/12.876136

24 January 2011 Photonic generation of RF multiple carriers using a mode-locked laser and a single photodiode

Paolo Ghelfi, Giovanni Serafino, Francesco Fresi, Guillermo E. Villanueva, Pere Pérez-Millán, José L. Cruz, Fabrizio Berizzi, Antonella Bogonia

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Proceedings Volume 7960, Coherent Optical Communication: Components, Subsystems, and Systems; 79600Q (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876136
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper we propose a novel architecture for the optical generation of multiple RF signals based on the beating of couples of modes from a mode-locked laser in a single photodiode. We generate simultaneously two carriers at 10GHz and 30GHz, with very low phase noise, limited amplitude fluctuations, negligible interference (<-30dB) between each other, and equal time jitter. The obtained results show that the proposed architecture is a promising scheme for the generation of single or multiple high purity carriers up to extremely high frequency (W band), far beyond the limits of electronic oscillators.

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Paolo Ghelfi, Giovanni Serafino, Francesco Fresi, Guillermo E. Villanueva, Pere Pérez-Millán, José L. Cruz, Fabrizio Berizzi, and Antonella Bogonia "Photonic generation of RF multiple carriers using a mode-locked laser and a single photodiode", Proc. SPIE 7960, Coherent Optical Communication: Components, Subsystems, and Systems, 79600Q (24 January 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876136

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