Title :
Optical millimeter-wave transmission using a dual-polarization external cavity diode laser
Author :
Pajarola, S. ; Guekos, G. ; Kawaguchi, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Quantum Electron., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
fDate :
7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report on a novel approach to optical millimeter-wave transmission. The use of a dual-polarization emission external cavity diode laser combined with intrinsic polarization properties of standard LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder interferometer modulators offers a simple and flexible transmitter configuration. Successful transmission of 200-Mb/s binary amplitude shift keying on a 58-GHz carrier at 1.55-μm optical wavelength is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; amplitude shift keying; electro-optical modulation; laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; 1.55 mum; 200 Mbit/s; LiNbO/sub 3/; Mb/s binary amplitude shift keying; dual-polarization emission external cavity diode laser; dual-polarization external cavity diode laser; flexible transmitter configuration; intrinsic polarization properties; optical millimeter-wave transmission; ptical wavelength; standard LiNbO/sub 3/ Mach-Zehnder interferometer modulators; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
