Fiber-optic transport and RF phase control of narrowband millimeter-wave signals using multicontact monolithic semiconductor lasers

Author

Georges, J.B. ; Lux, R.A. ; Cutrer, D.M. ; Yeung, S.P. ; Lau, K.Y.

Author_Institution

LGC Technol. Inc., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

17-21 June 1996

Firstpage

1555

Abstract

We demonstrate simultaneous fiber-optic transport and continuous RF phase control of narrowband millimeter-wave signals using a three-section monolithic Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) laser. By injection-locking the laser at the cavity round-trip resonant frequency of 45 GHz, 360/spl deg/ of continuous, linear RF phase control of the input mm-wave signal is achieved by simply varying the bias current into the laser.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; phase control; semiconductor lasers; 45 GHz; bias current; cavity round-trip resonant frequency; distributed Bragg reflector laser; fiber-optic transport; injection-locked lasers; linear RF phase control; multicontact monolithic semiconductor lasers; narrowband millimeter-wave signals; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber lasers; Millimeter wave technology; Narrowband; Noise figure; Optical transmitters; Phase control; RF signals; Radio frequency; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3246-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1996.512233

Filename

512233