Abstract

A novel frequency-tunable microwave signal generation method is proposed by incorporating parity–time (PT) symmetry in period-one (P1) laser dynamics in an optically injected semiconductor laser. In this method, P1 oscillation enables a large frequency tuning range and PT symmetry leads to excellent side-mode suppression and low phase noise. In an experimental demonstration, the side-mode suppression ratio reaches 58.4 dB and the phase noise is −126.2 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset when generating a 6.98 GHz signal, which are improved by 44.5 dB and 13.5 dB, respectively, compared with the previously reported optoelectronic oscillator-based P1 oscillation. By simply adjusting the optical injection strength, the frequency of the microwave signal generated by PT symmetry P1 dynamics is tuned from 5.07 GHz to 15.22 GHz, in which the phase noise is kept below 120 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset. The proposed method is expected to find applications in high-performance wireless communication and radar systems.

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