Self-pulsating laser diode for the generation of multiple RF data channels in hybrid radio/fiber systems

Author

Kaszubowska, A. ; Barry, Liam P.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Ireland

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

475

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper we characterize the self-pulsation in a laser under external injection, and demonstrate how an injection-locked commercial laser may be used in a hybrid radio/fiber system for the distribution of multiple carrier RF data signals. The laser diode used for the experiment is a standard multiple-quantum-well DFB device with a threshold current of 26 mA, a central lasing wavelength of around 1543 nm, and an intrinsic modulation bandwidth of around 8 GHz.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; microwave photonics; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; quantum well lasers; 1543 nm; 26 mA; 8 GHz; central lasing wavelength; external injection; hybrid radio/fiber systems; injection-locked commercial laser; intrinsic modulation bandwidth; multiple RF data channels; multiple carrier RF data signals; multiple-quantum-well DFB device; self-pulsating laser diode; self-pulsation; threshold current; Bandwidth; Diode lasers; Hybrid power systems; Masers; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Power lasers; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159387

Filename

1159387