A self-sustained electrical soliton oscillator

This paper introduces a robust self-sustained electrical soliton oscillator that combines a nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) and unique amplifier. The amplifier uses a non-linear transfer function and an adaptive bias control to work in cooperation with the soliton dynamics of the NLTL. This system reproducibly self-generates stable soliton pulse trains. Experimental results are presented together with a description of the stability mechanisms.