Title :
Electrooptically tuned external-cavity CW semiconductor laser and FM optical communications
Author :
Olsson, A. ; Tang, C.L.
Author_Institution :
School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
fDate :
10/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report the operation of an external-cavity CW double-heterojunction GaAs injection laser that can be electrooptically tuned rapidly over a large spectral range (∼ 50 Å) and experiments demonstrating the feasibility of FM optical communications using electronically tunable semiconductor lasers and CW and mode-locked dye lasers. An experiment on binary pulse-code FM optical communication is also reported and discussed.
Keywords :
CW lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Lasers and electrooptics; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1979.1069894
