title: Dynamic instabilities of microwaves generated with optoelectronic oscillators.
abstract: We introduce a time-domain model to study the dynamics of optoelectronic oscillators. We show that, due to the interaction between nonlinearity and time delay, the envelope amplitude of ultrapure microwaves generated by optoelectronic oscillators can turn unstable when the gain is increased beyond a given critical value. Our analytical predictions are confirmed by numerical simulations and experiments.
authors.affiliation: UMR CNRS FEMTO-ST 6174, Département d'Optique P. M. Duffieux, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 Route du Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France. yanne.chembo@femto-st.fr
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kouomou Chembo
authors.forename: Laurent
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authors.lastname: Larger
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tavernier
authors.forename: Ryad
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bendoula
authors.forename: Enrico
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authors.lastname: Rubiola
authors.forename: Pere
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authors.lastname: Colet