Title :
Semiconductor lasers as integrated optoelectronic up/down-converters
Author :
Portnoi, E.L. ; Gorfinkel, V.B. ; Barrow, D.A. ; Thayne, I.G. ; Avrutin, E.A. ; Marsh, J.H.
Author_Institution :
A.F. Ioffe Physicotech. Inst., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia
fDate :
2/16/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The use of a semiconductor laser to act as a microwave local oscillator and simultaneously to perform mixing with a high frequency electrical signal is demonstrated experimentally. A particular advantage is that this device produces its output as an optical signal suitable for transmission in fibres
Keywords :
Q-switching; integrated optoelectronics; laser beam applications; laser mode locking; mixers (circuits); optical frequency conversion; ridge waveguides; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; high frequency electrical signal; integrated optoelectronic up/down-converters; microwave local oscillator; mixing; optical signal output; passive Q-switching; semiconductor laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950164
