Low phase noise optical delay line optoelectronic oscillator uncertainty evaluation

Abstract

In this paper, we present the operation of an optoelectronic oscillator. We look at the evaluation of the uncertainty associated with the measurement of the phase noise of the signal emitted by this oscillator. Uncertainty on the phase noise measured for a low phase noise compact optical delay line optoelectronic oscillator is evaluated as ±1.5 dB at 2 σ.