Developement and optimization protocol of an additive phase noise measurement bench dedicated to long-haul microwave analog optical links

L Pouget (1) , Mehdi Alouini (1) , Alexandre Marceaux (2) , T. Merlet (3)

1 IPR - Institut de Physique de Rennes
2 III-V Lab - Alcatel-Thalès III-V lab
3 Thales Air Systems

We propose a microwave additive phase noise measurement scheme dedicated to long-haul microwave analog optical links. We describe here the protocol to follow and precautions to take in order to ensure a reliable measurement with a reduced noise floor level.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

L Pouget, Mehdi Alouini, Alexandre Marceaux, T. Merlet. Developement and optimization protocol of an additive phase noise measurement bench dedicated to long-haul microwave analog optical links. International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP), Oct 2013, Alexandria, United States. pp.202-205, 2013, ⟨10.1109/MWP.2013.6724055⟩. ⟨hal-01142547⟩