Title :
Optically Injection-Locked Optoelectronic Oscillators with Low RF Threshold Gain
Author :
Sung, Hyuk-Kee ; Lau, Erwin K. ; Zhao, Xiaoxue ; Parekh, Devang ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J. ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the optical and RF characteristics of optically injection- locked optoelectronic oscillators. With strong optical injection and optimized frequency detuning, we have achieved a very low RF threshold gain of 7 dB for optoelectronic oscillation.
Keywords :
injection locked oscillators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optoelectronic devices; semiconductor lasers; RF threshold gain; gain 7 dB; optical injection-locked optoelectronic oscillators; optical injection-locked semiconductor laser source; optimized frequency detuning; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser feedback; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453176
