Characterization technique of optical whispering gallery mode resonators in the microwave frequency domain for optoelectronic oscillators.
Optical Q factor measurements are performed on a whispering gallery mode (WGM) disk resonator using a microwave frequency domain approach instead of using an optical domain approach. An absence of hysteretic behavior and a better linearity are obtained when performing linewidth measurements by using a microwave modulation for scanning the resonances instead of the piezoelectric-based frequency tuning capability of the laser. The WGM resonator is then used to stabilize a microwave optoelectronic oscillator. The microwave output of this system generates a 12.48 GHz signal with -94 dBc/Hz phase noise at 10 kHz offset.
CNRS, LAAS, Toulouse, France.
Pierre-Henri
PH
Merrer
Khaldoun
K
Saleh
Olivier
O
Llopis
Simone
S
Berneschi
Franco
F
Cosi
Gualtiero Nunzi
GN
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