Electrical soliton oscillator

被引:57
作者
Ricketts, DS [1 ]
Li, XF [1 ]
Ham, D [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Div Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
electrical solitons; mode-locking; nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs); oscillators; pulse generation; soliton mode locking; soliton oscillators; solitons;
D O I
10.1109/TMTT.2005.861652
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper introduces the first robust self-sustained electrical soliton oscillator. It self-starts by amplifying background noise to produce a stable train of periodic electrical soliton pulses. The oscillator is made possible by coupling a nonlinear transmission line with a unique amplifier that tames the instability-prone soliton dynamics. Two experimental prototypes, built at the discrete level, fully demonstrate the detailed operation of the circuit. The soliton oscillator is an electrical analog of optical soliton mode-locked systems.
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页码:373 / 382
页数:10
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