DocumentCode
2916936
Title
Optical heterodyning receiver using optical single sideband injection locking of a DFB laser for a local oscillator booster
Author
Oh, Ilwhan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Mokpo Nat. Univ., Muan Jeonnam, South Korea
fYear
2002
fDate
5-8 Nov. 2002
Firstpage
145
Lastpage
148
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel heterodyning method with injection of a pump and Stoke waves into a DFB laser. We observe optical mixing in the laser cavity. Preliminary experiments confirm the functionality in RF down-conversion.
Keywords
distributed feedback lasers; heterodyne detection; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; microwave photonics; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; optical receivers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; DFB lasers; FWM; OSSB-IL; RF down-conversion; RF photonics; SBS; Stoke waves; four wave mixing; laser cavities; local oscillator boosters; microwave photonics; optical heterodyning receivers; optical mixing; optical single sideband injection locking; pump injection; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Distributed feedback lasers; Laser resonators; Mode locked lasers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical receivers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN
4-88552-187-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWP.2002.1158881
Filename
1158881
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