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Optically tunable frequency-sextupling optoelectronic oscillator based on Brillouin gain-loss compensation and carrier phase-shifted double sideband modulation

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An optically tunable optoelectronic oscillator that generate millimeter wave signals of sextupling Brillouin frequency shift based on gain-loss compensation technique (GLCT) and carrier phase-shifted double sideband modulation (CPS-DSB) is proposed and theoretically analyzed. The GLCT is exploited to generate a triple Brillioun frequency shift oscillator signal through Brillouin amplification and a π/2 CPS-DSB modulation using a dual parallel Mach–Zehnder modulator are implemented to double the oscillation frequency and finally achieve the sextuple millimeter wave signal. Profit from the wavelength-dependent Brillouin frequency shift at f b , frequency-sextupling signal at 6f b which could be tunable from 52.78500–56.68500 GHz by tuning the wavelength of the laser source is realized in theory.

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The authors are grateful to Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province (Grant Nos. 20120324, 20150204003GX), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61274068, 61275035), the Science and Technology Plan of Changchun City (Grant No. 14KG019), and Chinese National Programs for High Technology Research and Development (Grant No. 2013AA030902) for the support in the work.

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    Xin Wang, Jiaqi Li, Youdi Zhang, Yongchuan Xiao, Hui Li, Wei Dong, Xindong Zhang, Shengping Ruan & Weiyou Chen

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Wang, X., Li, J., Zhang, Y. et al. Optically tunable frequency-sextupling optoelectronic oscillator based on Brillouin gain-loss compensation and carrier phase-shifted double sideband modulation. Opt Quant Electron 47, 3455–3465 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-015-0221-3

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