• 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