Electrical Soliton Oscillator
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
- Pub Date:
- 2006
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2006ITMTT..54..373R
- Keywords:
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- Electrical solitons;
- mode-locking;
- nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs);
- oscillators;
- pulse generation;
- soliton mode locking;
- soliton oscillators;
- solitons