基于平面光波导谐振腔的可调谐光电振荡器

提出了一种基于平面光波导谐振腔的可调谐光电振荡器.该振荡器中,相位调制器串联光波导谐振腔,取代了传统系统中的强度调制器、长光纤和滤波器.由于光学谐振腔对光子频率和相位敏感,调节激光器改变输出光的波长,不仅可以调制光的强度,还可以对微波光子进行选频输出.当光子在波导腔中发生谐振时,产生很强的延时特性,可以取代传统系统中的长光纤.整个光电振荡器系统体积为长29.5cm、宽21cm、高7cm.实验中,改变0.1pm的光子波长,能够产生步长为12.535.5 MHz的调谐,调谐范围达2 GHz,且系统能够产生10 GHz的微波信号,在中心频率为10 GHz处其相位噪声为-109.7dBc/Hz@10kHz.该研究为光电振荡器的小型化和实用化提供了一种新的思路.     

基于受激布里渊散射的可调谐稳定光电振荡器

如何获得频率高、相位噪声低和稳定性高的微波信号一直都是微波光子学领域的研究热点。基于此，提出一种基于受激布里渊散射（SBS）的可调谐光电振荡器（OEO）。实验中光载波和泵浦光来自同一可调谐激光器，利用泵浦光的SBS对光载波的相位调制边带进行放大，通过改变可调谐激光器的输出波长使布里渊频移量发生变化，从而实现输出微波信号的可调谐。实验结果表明，所设计的OEO可以实现频率范围为10.13～10.65 GHz的信号输出，可调谐范围为520 MHz。结构中仅使用了一个相位调制器，无偏压输入器件的引入，这使得所设计的OEO稳定性较高。在20 min内频率漂移小于1 MHz，功率变化小于1.15 dB。     

基于受激布里渊散射和耦合型双环的 可调谐光电振荡器

提出了一种基于受激布里渊散射和耦合型双环的可调谐光电振荡器.该光电振荡器将受激布里渊散射和耦合型双环结构相结合,利用受激布里渊散射的窄带增益谱选择振荡频率,实现微波信号的频率可调谐.通过耦合型双环结构,有效地抑制了微波信号的边模,降低了微波信号的相位噪声,提高了微波信号的频率和功率稳定性.实验结果表明,该结构的光电振荡器可以产生2GHz到18GHz的微波信号,边模抑制比优于60dB,相位噪声在10kHz频偏处低于-95dBc/Hz,在实验室环境下10GHz微波信号30min内频率漂移小于0.3ppm,功率漂移低于0.2dB.     

基于中频相位锁定技术的宽带调谐光电振荡器稳定性研究

提出了一种基于中频相位锁定技术提升宽带调谐光电振荡器长期稳定性的方法.该方法通过外部可调本振源对光电振荡器射频信号进行下变频操作,产生中频信号,该中频信号与光电振荡器的起振频率无关.将该中频信号锁相在稳定的参考源上,能够提升宽带调谐光电振荡器的长期稳定性,同时分析了锁相环对光电振荡器相位噪声性能的影响.实验结果显示,光电振荡器的频率调谐范围可达5~15GHz,10kHz频偏处的相位噪声为-121.2dBc/Hz,频率稳定性达到6.9×10-11/103 s,表明该方法能够显著提升宽带调谐光电振荡器的稳定性.     

基于光学-微波同步的低噪声微波产生方法

低噪声微波在冷原子光钟、光子雷达、大科学装置远程同步等领域具有重要的应用价值.本文介绍了一种基于光学-微波相位探测技术的低噪声微波产生方案,利用光纤环路光学-微波鉴相器,将超稳激光的频率稳定度相干传递至介质振荡器.实验采用梳齿相位参考至超稳激光的窄线宽掺铒光纤飞秒光学频率梳,结合光纤环路光学-微波鉴相器和精密锁相装置,将7 GHz介质振荡器同步至光频梳重复频率的高次谐波,同步后的光脉冲序列与微波信号的剩余相位噪声为–100 d Bc/Hz@1 Hz,定时抖动为8.6 fs [1 Hz—1.5 MHz];通过搭建两套低噪声微波产生系统,测得7 GHz微波的剩余相位噪声为–90 d Bc/Hz@1 Hz,对应的频率稳定度为4.8×10^–15@1 s.该研究结果对基于光学相干分频的低噪声微波产生提供了一种新思路.     

基于DFB腔注入锁定效应的可调谐光电振荡器

提出一种基于分布反馈光注入锁定效应的可调谐光电振荡器,其环路主要由马赫曾德尔调制器、光电探测器、环形器、分布反馈激光器和射频放大器顺接而成,分布反馈激光器是系统关键器件,通过分布反馈激光器光注入锁定效应,分布反馈腔在光域实现了微波光子滤波器功能,无需传统光电振荡器必须的射频带通滤波器.同时,由于分布反馈激光器注入锁定提高了环路Q值,因此系统可采用短环路结构,从而降低了光纤因温度敏感对微波信号稳定性的影响并减小了整个系统的尺寸.另外,通过调节注入光波长和功率可改变该微波光子滤波器的中心频率,从而可实现系统的可调谐性.理论分析了该光电振荡器的原理和微波光子滤波器的调谐性,在此基础上开展了实验验证.结果表明该光电振荡器能够产生18.7～21.6 GHz的可调微波信号,在1 kHz频偏处的相位噪声为-90 dBc/Hz.     

基于DFB腔注入锁定效应的可调谐光电振荡器（英文）

提出一种基于分布反馈光注入锁定效应的可调谐光电振荡器,其环路主要由马赫曾德尔调制器、光电探测器、环形器、分布反馈激光器和射频放大器顺接而成.分布反馈激光器是系统关键器件,通过分布反馈激光器光注入锁定效应,分布反馈腔在光域实现了微波光子滤波器功能,无需传统光电振荡器必须的射频带通滤波器.同时,由于分布反馈激光器注入锁定提高了环路Q值,因此系统可采用短环路结构,从而降低了光纤因温度敏感对微波信号稳定性的影响并减小了整个系统的尺寸.另外,通过调节注入光波长和功率可改变该微波光子滤波器的中心频率,从而可实现系统的可调谐性.理论分析了该光电振荡器的原理和微波光子滤波器的调谐性,在此基础上开展了实验验证.结果表明该光电振荡器能够产生18.7~21.6GHz的可调微波信号,在1kHz频偏处的相位噪声为-90dBc/Hz.     

基于电吸收调制激光器的双功能微波光子系统

提出了一种基于电吸收调制激光器的双功能系统,可以同时实现微波信号的产生和其相位噪声的测量。该系统由基于电吸收调制激光器的光电振荡器模块和基于光延时线技术的相位噪声测量模块构成。通过使用单个电吸收调制激光器代替激光源和强度调制器,所提出的双功能系统不仅成本低廉、结构简单,而且性能表现优异;有利于在基于OEO的射频系统,特别是信号产生系统的研制、优化与工作过程中,及时评估信号源的质量并作出相应的参数调整以优化其性能,为光电振荡器的相位噪声测试提供了简单的解决方案。实验结果表明,由光电振荡器生成的9.952 GHz信号的边模抑制比为66dB,相位噪声为-116.53dBc/Hz@10kHz。此外,相位噪声测量系统的相位噪声基底达-133.71 dBc/Hz@10 kHz,其测量灵敏度优于商用信号分析仪R&S FSV40。     

基于改进光电振荡器结构的超短光帧时钟脉冲提取

研究了一种基于双相位调制器(PM)结构的光电振荡器(OEO)。利用OEO提取的电时钟对外加的连续光进行相位调制,再经过光带通滤波器(OBPF)进行偏移滤波,产生了脉宽为7.6ps的光脉冲。随后进入由相位调制器和单模光纤(SMF)组成的脉冲压缩器进行脉冲压缩,从而得到脉宽很窄的光帧时钟。实验中,成功实现了从4×25Gbit/s信号中同时提取出25GHz的光时钟和电时钟。光时钟的脉冲宽度为3.1ps,占空比为7.75%,时间抖动为135fs(100Hz~10MHz)。电时钟载噪比为61.7dB,时间抖动为118fs(100Hz~10MHz)。     

基于双环混频光电振荡器的可调谐微波频率梳产生

随着无线通信的速率提升和微蜂窝趋势,光载微波技术已经成为重要的发展趋势,而光生多载波系统是光载微波的最重要的技术之一.本文提出了一种基于双环混频光电振荡器（OEO）的可调谐光载微波频率梳产生方案,可同时实现多频段微波信号产生,从而高效低成本地为无线节点提供光生微波载波.方案采用混频双环OEO系统,通过工作在增益开关状态的直调激光器,利用其非线性动态特性产生多频率光载微波频率梳信号,并采用双路微波滤波器分别滤出两个相邻频率的微波信号,并利用二者的差频反馈注入直调激光器构成光电谐振.利用偏振双环结构抑制长谐振腔引起的边模问题,提高了输出信号的噪声特性.经过实验分析,得到了低相噪的多路微波信号,并最终实现了间隔797.4 MHz的稳定的微波频率梳信号,一阶载波相位噪声低于-101.7 dBc/Hz@10 kHz,-115.2 dBc/Hz@50 kHz.因此该方案产生的光载微波频率梳信号具有低噪声的优点,适用于光载微波通信系统.     

Subfemtosecond synchronization of microwave oscillators with mode-locked Er-fiber lasers

We synchronize an 8.06 GHz microwave signal from a voltage-controlled oscillator with an optical pulse train from a 77.5 MHz mode-locked Er-fiber laser using a fiber-based optical-microwave phase detector. The residual phase noise between the optical pulse train and the synchronized microwave signal is -133 dBc/Hz (-154 dBc/Hz) at 1 Hz (5 kHz) offset frequency, which results in 838 as integrated rms timing jitter [1 Hz-1 MHz]. The long-term residual phase drift is 847 as (rms) measured over 2 h, which reaches 4×10(-19) fractional frequency instability at 1800 s averaging time. This method has a potential to provide both subfemtosecond-level short-term phase noise and long-term phase stability in microwave extraction from mode-locked fiber lasers.     

自启动的非归零/归零码和光电时钟信号发生器及码型转换

采用双波长注入一包含伪随机码发生器与相位调制器的光电振荡器可以同时得到非归零(NRZ)码,归零(RZ)码以及光,电时钟信号输出。该方案使用了光域耦合的双环路结构,在不增加有源器件的条件下实现边模抑制。相位调制器用于反馈调制并同时实现占空比可调的非归零码到归零码的转换。双波长的注入排除了编码信号在振荡器中引入的非时钟频率成分。实验给出了10 Gb/s工作速率下的结果,得到了抖动为637 fs的光信号输出。转换得到的归零码信号占空比约为33%。输出电时钟信号的相位噪声在频偏10 kHz处为-109 dBc/Hz,边模抑制比为58 dB。     

10 GHz ultra-stable short optical pulse generation via phase-modulation enhanced dual-loop optoelectronic oscillator

We report on a high rate, ultra-low timing jitter, short optical pulse generator based on cascaded amplitude and phase modulation in an optoelectronic oscillator. The radio-frequency supermodes are shown to be greatly suppressed with the dual-loop architecture, and a highly coherent and flat optical frequency comb is generated. Optical pulses of 12.8 ps duration are obtained with 27.5 fs integrated timing jitter from 100 Hz to 10 MHz.     

Ultralow-noise mode-locked laser with coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration

We describe simultaneous generation of ultralow-noise optical pulses and microwave signal with a mode-locked fiber laser in a coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration. We demonstrate 9.2-GHz optical and microwave signals with the measured phase noise of -140 dBc/Hz at 10-kHz offset frequency. We show that the mode-locked laser in the photonic oscillator serves as a high-Q filter and is responsible for the observed low phase noise.     

Measurement of mode-locked laser timing jitter by use of phase-encoded optical sampling

The phase-noise characteristics of a harmonically mode-locked fiber laser are investigated with a new measurement technique called phase-encoded optical sampling. A polarization-maintaining ring laser is mode locked by use of the short-pulse electrical output of a resonant-tunneling diode oscillator, enabling it to produce 30-ps pulses at a 208-MHz repetition rate. The interferometric phase-encoded sampling technique provides 60-dB suppression of amplitude-jitter noise and allows supermode phase noise to be observed and quantified. The white-noise pulse-to-pulse timing jitter and the rms supermode timing jitter of the laser are measured to be less than 50 and 70 fs, respectively.     

Mode-locked laser pulse trains with subfemtosecond timing jitter synchronized to an optical reference oscillator

We independently phase lock the repetition rates of two femtosecond lasers at their approximately 456, 000th harmonic to a common optical oscillator. The timing jitter of each individual laser relative to the optical reference is only 0.45 fs in a 100-Hz bandwidth. Our method takes advantage of the tremendous leverage that is possible when stability is transferred from the optical to the microwave domain. The low timing jitter is commensurate with the independently measured fractional frequency instability in the repetition rates of < or = 2.3 x 10(-15) in 1-s averaging time, limited by the measurement system. The microwave signals at 1 GHz that are extracted by photodetection of the pulse trains have a 10-times-greater instability, confirming the presence of excess noise in the photodetection.     

Timing noise measurement of 320 GHz optical pulses using an improved optoelectronic harmonic mixer

An improved optoelectronic harmonic mixer (OEHM) has been employed for measuring the timing noise of 320 GHz optical pulses that are generated from a 160 GHz mode-locked laser diode by the temporal Talbot effect. The OEHM makes use of a low-drive voltage LiNbO3 modulator and a W-band unitraveling carrier photodiode for converting the 320 GHz pulse intensity into a low-frequency electrical signal. The time domain demodulation technique has been used for the precise evaluation of phase noise power spectral density. The rms timing jitter has been estimated to be 311 fs for the 10 Hz-18.6 MHz bandwidth.     

Ultralow phase noise microwave generation with an Er:fiber-based optical frequency divider

We present an optical frequency divider based on a 200 MHz repetition rate Er:fiber mode-locked laser that, when locked to a stable optical frequency reference, generates microwave signals with absolute phase noise that is equal to or better than cryogenic microwave oscillators. At 1 Hz offset from a 10 GHz carrier, the phase noise is below -100 dBc/Hz, limited by the optical reference. For offset frequencies >10 kHz, the phase noise is shot noise limited at -145 dBc/Hz. An analysis of the contribution of the residual noise from the Er:fiber optical frequency divider is also presented.