• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 6, 446 (2013)
Cheng-long JIANG*, Fu-shen CHEN, and Kang-zhu YI XI
Author Affiliations
  • School of Communication and Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-013-3132-1 Cite this Article
    JIANG Cheng-long, CHEN Fu-shen, YI XI Kang-zhu. A novel tunable optoelectronic oscillator based on a photonic RF phase shifter[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(6): 446 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A novel tunable optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) based on a photonic radio frequency (RF) phase shifter is proposed and analyzed, which consists of a dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DMZM), a 90° hybrid coupler and a tunable microwave amplifier (TMA). This tunable OEO has a simple configuration, and the frequency of the oscillating signal can be tuned by adjusting the amplification factor of the tunable amplifier. The simulation results show that the maximum frequency shift from the center oscillation frequency is 1.48 MHz when the amplification factor of the TMA is set at 10.
    JIANG Cheng-long, CHEN Fu-shen, YI XI Kang-zhu. A novel tunable optoelectronic oscillator based on a photonic RF phase shifter[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(6): 446
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