• DocumentCode
    3075980
  • Title

    Optical single sideband modulation using an injection-locked semiconductor laser as an optical filter

  • Author

    Ryu, Hye-Seung ; Seo, Young-Kwang ; Choi, Woo-Young

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    10-12 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    223
  • Lastpage
    226
  • Abstract
    We propose a new technique of generating optical single sideband (SSB) signals using an injection-locked semiconductor laser (SL). The injection-locked SL acts as an optical filter which filters out the undesired mode from the double sideband signals. 30 GHz optical SSB signals with our scheme are successfully generated.
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical filters; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; 30 GHz; injection-locked semiconductor laser; optical filter; optical single sideband modulation; Amplitude modulation; Filtering; High speed optical techniques; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Semiconductor lasers; Signal generators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8691-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2003.1422872
  • Filename
    1422872