On the Optoelectronic Oscillators

OEO (OptoElectronics Oscillators) 

Integrated Microwave Photonics

Components of OEO

 1. Laser Diode 

2. Electrooptic Modulator (phase modulator or mach zehnder modulator)

3 Ring resonator (All pass microring resonator, Add Drop microRing Resonator)

4. PhotoDiode

5. LNA

6. Filter

7. Coupler

Terms of OEO

1. Phase Noise

2. Frequency Spectral Range (FSR)

3. SMSR

4. 3dB  Electro Optic bandwidth

5. Q factor

6. Power

7. Vpi

8. Extinction Ratio

9. Insertion Loss

10. Side Mode Spacing

11. Coupling Power Ratio

12. Group Index

13. Effective Index

14.RIN

Materials needed for OEO

1. Silica

2. Indium Phosphide (InP)

3. Silicon on Insulator

4. Lithium Niobate on Insulator

5. Thin Film Lithium Niobate 

Methods of Fabrications

1. Heterogeneous 

2. Hybrid

3. Monolithic

Terms in Fabrication

1. E beam Lithography

2. Inductively Coupled Plasma etching Process

3. Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD)

4. E beam Evaporation

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