Optoelectronic Oscillators Phase Noise and Stability Measurements

Abstract

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Application of modern method of calculating uncertainty to microwaves and opto-electronics

“…Previously the ideas of error and uncertainty were unfortunately mixed up until they were clarified by the GUM [6]. Starting from our experience on similar issues all contributions were estimated and their weight were assessed to determine uncertainties [7][8][9] with certain characteristics due to optics, it leads to a significantly different results from the conventional method [10]. The uncertainty in the result of a measurement consists of several components which may be easily grouped into two main categories according to the way in which their numerical value is estimated.…”