Theoretical Investigation of Length-Dependent Flicker-Phase Noise in Opto-electronic Oscillators

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-8433

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2011-05-01

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Docherty, Andrew, Olukayode Okusaga, Curtis R. Menyuk, Weimin Zhou, and Gary M. Carter. “Theoretical Investigation of Length-Dependent Flicker-Phase Noise in Opto-Electronic Oscillators.” In CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications (2011), Paper CFM1, CFM1. Optica Publishing Group, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2011.CFM1.

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Kerr effect
Rayleigh scattering
Phase noise
UMBC Computational Photonics Laboratory
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
Optical delay lines
Optical amplifiers
Shot noise

Abstract

We discuss possible sources for the experimentally-observed length-dependent phase noise in opto-electronic oscillators. We eliminate several possibilities and show that conversion of laser amplitude noise to phase noise is a likely candidate.