Phase noise analysis of an rf local oscillator signal generated by optical heterodyning of two lasers

Khan, M.R.H. and Burla, M. and Roeloffzen, C.G.H. and Marpaung, D.A.I. and Etten van, W.C. (2009) Phase noise analysis of an rf local oscillator signal generated by optical heterodyning of two lasers. In: 14th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter, 5-6 Nov 2009, Brussels, Belgium.

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Abstract:	We investigate a way of generating an RF local oscillator (LO) signal by means of optical heterodyning of two lasers. This LO signal will be used to down-convert a Ku-Band(10.7 GHz12.75 Ghz)RF signal from a phased array antenna (PAA) to an intermediate frequency 950 MHz to 3 GHz) at the mixer. In this paper we have modeled the laser spectrum perturbed by phase noise. In addition, we analyze the impact of the lasers phase noise on the quality of the gererated LO by optical heterodyning.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Telecommunication Engineering (TE)
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