Optoelectronic oscillator frequency tuning based on loop-back control

Optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) output frequency stabilization in various use cases is urgent, especially for integrated photonics realizations. OEO environmental changes sensitivity limits the commercial use of this frequency generator type. In this article, we showed the application possibility of the tunable optical delay element for frequency stabilization. Also, we presented a mathematical model of the OEO with a tunable delay element for the output frequency control. We used Ansys Lumerical software for the mathematical model verification. The frequency tuning range is 2.6 GHz with a 50 MHz/ps frequency step.