Characterization of the excess noise conversion from optical relative intensity noise in the photodetection of mode-locked lasers for microwave signal synthesis

• Main Authors: Wu, Kan, Shum, Perry Ping, Aditya, Sheel, Ouyang, Chunmei, Wong, Jia Haur, Lam, Huy Quoc, Lee, Kenneth Eng Kian
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Optics and light
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100211; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17641
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Excess noise converted from the optical relative intensity noise (RIN) has limited the noise performance in the microwave signal synthesis application for mode-locked lasers. In this paper, a method for detailed characterization of the excess noise conversion from the optical RIN to the electrical p...