Stable and Low-Spurs Optoelectronic Oscillators: A Review
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Abstract
An optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is an optoelectronic hybrid oscillator which utilizes ultra-low-loss fiber as an electro-magnetic energy storage element, overcoming the limits of traditional microwave oscillators in phase noise performance. Due to their ability to generate ultra-low phase noise microwave signal, optoelectronic oscillators have attracted considerable attentions and are becoming one of the most promising and powerful microwave signal sources. In this paper, we briefly introduce the operation principle and discuss current research on frequency stability and spurious suppression of optoelectronic oscillators.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Photonic Communication Systems · Optical Network Technologies · Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
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State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Program · Fund of State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications · China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
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