Title :
Suppression of intermodulation distortion in DFB lasers by external optical injection locking
Author :
Xue Jun Meng ; Tai Chau ; Wu, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the experimental investigation of third-order intermodulation distortion in directly modulated distributed feedback (DFB) lasers under optical injection locking. Nearly 15 dB reduction in third-order intermodulation distortion has been observed from 1.4 to 3.0 GHz.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; intermodulation distortion; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; subcarrier multiplexing; 1.4 to 3 GHz; DFB laser intermodulation distortion suppression; directly modulated distributed feedback lasers; external optical injection locking; optical injection locking; third-order intermodulation distortion; Distributed feedback devices; Frequency; Injection-locked oscillators; Intermodulation distortion; Laser noise; Masers; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768155
