Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 6, 441(2020)

Low phase noise and quasi-tunable millimeter-wave generator using a passively InAs/InP mode-locked quantum dot laser

Li LIU1、*, Yang-guang LIU1, Xiao-min ZHANG1, Bang-quan LIU1, and Xiu-pu ZHANG2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Digital Technology and Engineering, Ningbo University of Finance & Economics, Ningbo 315175, China
  • 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal QC H3G 1M8, Canada
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    A low phase noise millimeter-wave (MMW) signal generator is proposed and experimentally demonstrated with a C-band passively Fabry-Pérot (F-P) quantum dot mode-locked laser. A novel method is proposed to generate low phase noise MMW signal, which is simply based on a commercial off-the-shelf dual-driven LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder modulator and a passively F-P quantum dot mode-locked laser. MMW signal with the frequency of 30 GHz, 45 GHz and 90 GHz respectively is obtained experimentally. Single-sideband phase noise of the 30 GHz and 45 GHz MMW signal is -112 dBc/Hz and -106 dBc/Hz at an offset of 1 kHz, respectively. The linewidth of the 30 GHz and 45 GHz MMW signal is about from 225 Hz and 239 Hz. This is considered a very simple MMW generator with a quasi-tunable broadband and ultra-low phase noise.

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    LIU Li, LIU Yang-guang, ZHANG Xiao-min, LIU Bang-quan, ZHANG Xiu-pu. Low phase noise and quasi-tunable millimeter-wave generator using a passively InAs/InP mode-locked quantum dot laser[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2020, 16(6): 441

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jan. 22, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 22, 2020

    Published Online: Dec. 25, 2020

    The Author Email: Li LIU (liuli6883@nbufe.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-020-0016-z

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