We measured the eVect of global phase manipulations on a rapid animal categorization task. The Fourier spectra of our images of natural scenes were manipulated by adding zero-mean random phase noise at all spatial frequencies. The phase noise was the independent variable, uniformly and symmetrically distributed between 0° and §180°. Subjects were remarkably resistant to phase noise. Even with §...

We introduce two independent approaches for phase noise suppression. The dominant effects, responsible for the degradation of an OFDM system performance, if phase noise is present, are identified. We found out, that the system performance is strongly influenced by certain phase noise realizations, which cause burst errors, resulting in the performance error floor. Consideration of the system ca...

The probability density function of Kerr effect phase noise, often called the Gordon-Mollenauer effect, is derived analytically. The Kerr effect phase noise can be accurately modeled as the summation of a Gaussian random variable and a noncentral chi-square random variable with two degrees of freedom. Using the received intensity to correct for the phase noise, the residual Kerr effect phase no...

In the present paper, parameterized Spice models are developed for the phase noise simulation. It is accomplished by a standard frequency and noise analysis for obtaining the noise factor using the noise sources, incorporated in the library elements. Based on the Leeson model, the single-sideband phase noise is investigated. An approach is developed to phase noise reduction in oscillator circui...

Phase locked loops in 10 Gb/s and faster data links are low phase noise devices. Characterization of their phase jitter transfer functions is difficult because the intrinsic noise of the PLLs is comparable to the phase noise of the reference clock signal. The problem is solved by using a linear model to account for the intrinsic noise. This study also introduces a novel technique for measuring ...

This paper presents a study of phase noise in two inductorless CMOS oscillators. First-order analysis of a linear oscillatory system leads to a noise shaping function and a new definition of Q. A linear model of CMOS ring oscillators is used to calculate their phase noise, and three phase noise phenomena, namely, additive noise, high-frequency multiplicative noise, and low-frequency multiplicat...

We propose and demonstrate an all-optical phase noise reduction scheme that uses optical nonlinear mixing and tunable optical delays to suppress the low-speed phase noise induced by laser linewidth. By utilizing the phase conjugate copy of the original signal and two narrow-linewidth optical pumps, the phase noise induced by laser linewidth can be reduced by a factor of ∼5 for a laser with 500-...

The fundamental question of how much we can ultimately reduce the phase noise of a lumped, inductorless oscillator through careful design is addressed and it is shown that the fluctuation dissipation theorem of thermodynamics imposes a lower limit on the phase noise. An analytical formulation of this limit is presented and it is shown that the phase noise of ring oscillators with long-channel M...