Wideband and Low-Phase-Noise Chirped Pulses Generation Based on an Injection-Locked Optoelectronic Oscillator

Yaming Liu*, Bin Wang, Weifeng Zhang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a photonic approach to generate wideband and low-phase-noise chirped pulses using an injection-locked optoelectronic oscillator (OEO). In the proposed system, the injection-locked OEO is implemented to generate low-phase-noise microwave waveforms, and photonic-Assisted microwave frequency multiplication is performed to increase the bandwidth of the generated waveforms. In the experiment, a dual-polarization dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DP-DDMZM) is a key component, in which one sub-DDMZM is incorporated into the OEO loop and the other sub-DDMZM is used to perform frequency multiplication. As a demonstration, linearly chirped microwave pulse with a bandwidth as wide as 6 GHz and phase noise as low as-116 dBc/Hz@10 kHz is generated. The proposed system holds unique advantages of wide bandwidth and low phase noise, which is promising to be widely used in future high-resolution and multi-function radar systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2023 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350342215
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event2023 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2023 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 15 Oct 202318 Oct 2023

Publication series

Name2023 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2023 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2023 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period15/10/2318/10/23

Keywords

  • Chirped pulse
  • frequency multiplication
  • injection locking
  • optoelectronic oscillator

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