Photonic-based low phase noise frequency synthesis for RF-to-millimeter wave carriers and wideband RF-to-IF down-conversion

We present a photonic method for tunable high frequency carrier generation and wideband tunable RF frequency down-conversion with low phase noise. The phase noise of the photonic generated RF/IF signal is limited by the RF signal generator used to synthesize the optical local oscillators. We show ph...

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Main Authors: Middleton, C., Meredith, S., Peach, R., DeSalvo, R.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Amplitude modulation
Frequency conversion
Optical filters
Phase noise
Photonics
Radio frequency
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Summary:We present a photonic method for tunable high frequency carrier generation and wideband tunable RF frequency down-conversion with low phase noise. The phase noise of the photonic generated RF/IF signal is limited by the RF signal generator used to synthesize the optical local oscillators. We show phase noise measurements of photonic frequency synthesized carriers at 24 GHz and down-conversion measurements with +24 dBm OIP3 and positive gain from 5 - 20 GHz RF and 100 MHz IF, with ADC-limited digitization.
ISSN:2155-7578
2155-7586
DOI:10.1109/MILCOM.2011.6127724