Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 19, 1913011(2024)

Active Mode-Locking Optoelectronic Oscillator Based on a High-Q Microring Resonator (Invited)

Rong Wang1, Zhenzhou Tang1、*, Dapeng Liu2, Tian Cui1, Naidi Cui2, and Shilong Pan1
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  • 1National Key Laboratory of Microwave Photonics, College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu , China
  • 2United Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd., Chongqing 401332, China
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    This paper presents an active mode-locking optoelectronic oscillator (AML-OEO) utilizing a microring resonator. AML is achieved by integrating a Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM) into a conventional OEO loop and varying the signal frequency applied to the MZM. Experimental results show that microwave frequency combs with repetition rates of 5.93, 29.65 MHz, and 59.3 MHz can be generated by fundamental, 5th-order harmonic, and 10th-order harmonic mode-locking, respectively. Compared to the phase noise of signals generated by a free-running OEO, that in the case of the AML-OEO at a center frequency of 14.64 GHz remains consistent across different orders of harmonic modes, with a phase noise of approximately -92 dBc/Hz@10 kHz.

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    Rong Wang, Zhenzhou Tang, Dapeng Liu, Tian Cui, Naidi Cui, Shilong Pan. Active Mode-Locking Optoelectronic Oscillator Based on a High-Q Microring Resonator (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(19): 1913011

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Jul. 1, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 13, 2024

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhenzhou Tang (tangzhzh@nuaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP241591

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241591

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