{"title":"Fully monolithic 18.7GHz 16Ps GaAs mode-locked oscillators","authors":"O. Yildirim, Dongwan Ha, D. Ham","doi":"10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940643","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We report a mode-locked electrical oscillator fully integrated in GaAs. It self generates a periodic train of pulses with a 16-ps pulse width and a 18.7-GHz frequency. This is the fastest electrical mode-locked oscillator to date, and the first integration of reflective mode-locked electrical oscillator. It works by sending a pulse back and forth on a coplanar waveguide with reflections at both ends. The reflection occurs with level-dependent gain that enables pulse formation and stabilization.","PeriodicalId":448165,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFIC.2011.5940643","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report a mode-locked electrical oscillator fully integrated in GaAs. It self generates a periodic train of pulses with a 16-ps pulse width and a 18.7-GHz frequency. This is the fastest electrical mode-locked oscillator to date, and the first integration of reflective mode-locked electrical oscillator. It works by sending a pulse back and forth on a coplanar waveguide with reflections at both ends. The reflection occurs with level-dependent gain that enables pulse formation and stabilization.