DocumentCode
3531326
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
fYear
2010
fDate
5-9 Oct. 2010
Firstpage
39
Lastpage
41
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7824-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWP.2010.5664234
Filename
5664234
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