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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5219067
