Optical generation of rapidly tunable millimeter wave subcarrier

Author

Li, Y. ; Vieira, A.J.C. ; Herczfeld, P. ; Rosen, A. ; Janton, W.

Author_Institution

Center for Microwave/Lightwave Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

259

Lastpage

262

Abstract

This paper concerns an optically generated rapidly tunable millimeter wave source. The millimeter wave signal is generated by beating the output of two Nd:YVO₄/MgO:LiNbO₃ single mode microchip laser sections realized monolithically in a single composite crystal. The device can be tuned from DC to 100 GHz. The measured tuning sensitivity is 8.8 MHz/V, and the tuning rate is over 10 THz/s

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; laser beam applications; laser frequency stability; laser tuning; microcavity lasers; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical transmitters; solid lasers; 0 to 100 GHz; EHF; LiNbO₃:MgO; MgO:LiNbO₃ tuning section; Nd:YVO₄ gain section; YVO₄:Nd; chirped heterodyne transmitter; composite cavity design; high speed optical transmitter; millimeter wave subcarrier; monolithic implementation; optical generation; rapidly tunable MM-wave subcarrier; single composite crystal; single mode microchip laser sections; tunable MM-wave source; tuning sensitivity; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Microchip lasers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Oxford

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6455-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2000.889837

Filename

889837