Title :
Optical millimetre-wave generation technique with high efficiency, purity and stability
Author :
Noel, L. ; Marcenac, D. ; Wake, D.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
10/10/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new technique is proposed and demonstrated for the optical generation of high power, high purity millimetre-wave signals, which uses optical heterodyning of two singlemode lasers to generate a beat signal in a photodiode. The lasers are in a series (master/slave) configuration, and very low phase noise produced in the beat signal simply by subharmonic electrical injection of the slave laser
Keywords :
laser mode locking; millimetre wave generation; photodiodes; beat signal; efficiency; master/slave configuration; optical heterodyning; optical millimetre-wave generation; phase noise; photodiode; purity; single-mode lasers; stability; subharmonic electrical injection;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19961340
