W-Band Optoelectronic Oscillator

Abstract

We demonstrate the first W-band optoelectronic oscillator (OEO), that oscillates at 94.5 GHz with a measured single side band (SSB) phase noise of -101 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 10 kHz from the carrier. Side mode suppression of more than 65 dB has been achieved by using injection locking. This OEO has potential application as a signal source in emerging W-band applications (e.g. fiber-wireless links) and opens a path to low phase noise sources beyond 100 GHz.