• DocumentCode
    3128075
  • Title

    A photonic microwave mixer using an optically injected semiconductor laser for RoF applications

  • Author

    Fu, Xuelei ; Cui, Cuicui ; Chan, Sze-Chun

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The application of an optically injected semiconductor laser as a photonic microwave mixer is investigated. The high-speed nonlinear dynamical period-one oscillation is characterized numerically for photonic microwave up-conversion in a radio-over-fiber (RoF) downlink.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; microwave generation; microwave mixers; microwave photonics; nonlinear dynamical systems; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor lasers; RoF applications; high-speed nonlinear dynamical period-one oscillation; optically injected semiconductor laser; photonic microwave mixer; photonic microwave up-conversion; radio-over-fiber downlink; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Laser applications; Masers; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4102-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4103-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5219067
  • Filename
    5219067