Title :
Optoelectronic microwave-range frequency mixing in semiconductor lasers
Author :
Portnoi, Efim L. ; Gorfinkel, Vera B. ; Avrutin, Eugene A. ; Thayne, Lain G. ; Barrow, David A. ; Marsh, John H. ; Luryi, Serge
Author_Institution :
A.F. Ioffe Physicotech. Inst., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia
fDate :
6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optoelectronic mixing of very high-frequency amplitude-modulated signals using a semiconductor laser simultaneously as a local oscillator and a mixer is proposed, Three possible constructions of a monolithically integrated up-or down-converter are considered theoretically: a four-terminal semiconductor laser with dual pumping current/modal gain control, and both a passively mode-locked and a passively Q-switched semiconductor laser monolithically integrated with an electroabsorption pumping current modulator. Experimental verification of the feasibility of the laser-mixer concept is presented
Keywords :
Q-switching; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optoelectronics; laser mode locking; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; down-converter; dual pumping current/modal gain control; electroabsorption pumping current modulator; four-terminal semiconductor laser; high-frequency amplitude-modulated signals; laser-mixer concept; local oscillator; optoelectronic microwave-range frequency mixing; optoelectronic mixing; passively Q-switched semiconductor laser; passively mode-locked laser; semiconductor lasers; up-converter; Frequency; Gain control; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Local oscillators; Masers; Modular construction; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.401228
