Optoelectronic oscillator topologies based on resonant tunneling diode fiber optic links

Bruno Romeira; José M. L. Figueiredo; Kris Seunarine; Charles N. Ironside

doi:10.1117/12.892196

26 July 2011 Optoelectronic oscillator topologies based on resonant tunneling diode fiber optic links

Bruno Romeira, José M. L. Figueiredo, Kris Seunarine, Charles N. Ironside

Proceedings Volume 8001, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 80011T (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892196
Event: International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 2011, Braga, Portugal

Abstract

We investigate optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) configurations based on a laser diode driven by resonant tunnelling diode (RTD) optical waveguide photo-detector (PD) oscillators, with an optical fiber feedback loop carrying a fraction of the laser diode optical output that is re-injected into the OEO through the optical waveguide of the RTD-PD. In the configurations reported here, we take advantage of the RTD negative differential resistance to provide electrical highbandwidth. The optical fiber loop acts as a high quality optical energy storage element with low transmission loss. The RTD based OEO can produces stable and low-phase noise microwave signals with attractive applications in photonics and communication systems, mainly in fiber-optic based communication links since the RTD-OEO can be accessed both optically and electrically.

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Bruno Romeira, José M. L. Figueiredo, Kris Seunarine, and Charles N. Ironside "Optoelectronic oscillator topologies based on resonant tunneling diode fiber optic links", Proc. SPIE 8001, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 80011T (26 July 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892196

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