Wireless Hybrid Mode Locked Lasers for Next Generation Radio-Over-Fiber Systems

Author

Khawaja, Bilal A. ; Cryan, Martin J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Volume

28

Issue

16

fYear

2010

Firstpage

2268

Lastpage

2276

Abstract

This paper demonstrates a novel technique to wirelessly injection lock a state-of-the-art 40 GHz mode locked laser and shows baseband data transmission using such a technique. This allows mode locked lasers to be used as millimeter wave modulated data sources for next generation Radio-over-Fiber systems. Binary phase shift keying data transmission rates of up to 22 Mb/s have been demonstrated for a short wireless range of 10 cm. These devices can also be used as millimeter wave phase shifters for advanced antenna beam steering systems.

Keywords

beam steering; laser mode locking; microwave photonics; millimetre wave devices; phase shift keying; radio-over-fibre; antenna beam steering system; baseband data transmission; binary phase shift keying data transmission; distance 10 cm; frequency 40 GHz; millimeter wave modulated data source; millimeter wave phase shifter; next generation radio-over-fiber systems; wireless hybrid mode locked laser; Beam steering systems; binary phase shift keying; millimeter wave; mode locked lasers; phase shifters; radio-over-fiber; wireless injection locking;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2010.2050461

Filename

5471074