Additive phase noise of fiber-optic links used in photonic microwave-generation systems

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

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2017-01-20

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Cahill, James P., Weimin Zhou, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Additive Phase Noise of Fiber-Optic Links Used in Photonic Microwave-Generation Systems.” Applied Optics 56, no. 3 (January 20, 2017): B18–25. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.000B18.

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Fourier transforms
Optical fibers
Silica fibers
Single mode fibers
Phase noise
Variable optical attenuators
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory

Abstract

In this work, we analyze the contributions of several mechanisms to the additive phase noise of the optical fiber in a microwave-photonic link. We discuss their fiber-length dependence and their impact on the phase noise of an optoelectronic oscillator. Furthermore, we present and verify for the first time a mechanism by which double-Rayleigh scattering directly generates microwave phase noise.