Title :
A novel intensity modulator for photonic ADCs using an injection-locked mode-locked laser
Author :
Sarailou, Edris ; Ardey, Abhijeet ; Delfyett, Peter
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A novel intensity modulator for pulsed light is proposed and demonstrated here for the first time. This has been realized by introducing an injection-locked AlGaInAs mode-locked laser into one arm of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; indium compounds; intensity modulation; laser mode locking; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; AlGaInAs; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; injection-locked mode-locked laser; intensity modulator; photonic ADC; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Modulation; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Photonics; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
