OPTICAL-INJECTION LOCKING OF A MICROWAVE MONOLITHIC SELF-OSCILLATING MIXER

Authors
CALLAGHAN P GOMES NJ BABU SKS JASTRZEBSKI AK
Citation
P. Callaghan et al., OPTICAL-INJECTION LOCKING OF A MICROWAVE MONOLITHIC SELF-OSCILLATING MIXER, Electronics Letters, 33(13), 1997, pp. 1162-1163
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1162 - 1163
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:13<1162:OLOAMM>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Direct optical injection locking of a monolithic self-oscillating mixe r operating at similar to 6 GHz is reported. The mixing can be achieve d with conversion gain and the locking provides considerable improveme nt in carrier-to-noise ratio for both the oscillation signal and the r esultant intermediate-frequency (IF) signal. This type of component ma y be attractive for systems involving the fibre distribution of microw ave reference signals.