A comparative test of brillouin amplification and erbium-doped fiber amplification for the generation of millimeter waves with low phase noise properties

Markus Junker, Max James Ammann, Andreas Thomas Schwarzbacher, Jens Klinger, Kai Uwe Lauterbach, Thomas Schneider

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Abstract

Measurements of phase noise of a 40-GHz carrier signal are presented. The carrier is generated by the amplification of harmonics due to stimulated Brillouin scattering. An analogy to a generation of millimeter waves by an erbium-doped fiber instead of the Brillouin amplifier is investigated and discussed. In our setup, both show a comparable behavior in respect to their noise characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1576-1580
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume54
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2006

Keywords

  • Brillouin scattering
  • Millimeter-wave generation
  • Phase noise

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