Title :
Class-A semiconductor lasers for the transport and generation of optically carried RF analog signals for radar applications
Author :
Bretenaker, Fabien ; Sagnes, I. ; Baili, Ghaya ; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim ; Morvan, Loic ; Dolfi, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Lab. Aime Cotton, Univ. Paris Sud 11, Orsay, France
Abstract :
Class-A operation of VECSELs is obtained. Such shot noise limited sources are used for the transport of RF signals and the generation of radar local oscillators via two-frequency operation.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; microwave photonics; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VECSEL; class-A semiconductor lasers; optically carried RF analog signals generation; radar local oscillators; shot noise limited source; two-frequency operation; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Laser radar; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7824-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2010.5664234
