Narrow-Linewidth Microwave Generation Using a Self-Injected DBR Laser Diode

Author

Zhang, Hong Guang ; Zhu, Ning Hua ; Man, Jiang Wei ; Ke, Jian Hong ; Zhang, Bang Hong ; Han, Wei ; Chen, Wei ; Yuan, Hai Qing ; Wang, Xin ; Xie, Liang ; Zhao, Ling Juan ; Wang, Wei

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. on Integrated Optoelectron., CAS, Beijing, China

Volume

21

Issue

15

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1045

Lastpage

1047

Abstract

A novel technique for generating narrow-linewidth microwave or millimeter-wave signals is proposed. In this scheme, a delayed self-injected distributed Bragg reflector laser diode, which is tuned by a low-frequency square-wave voltage, is used to generate two correlated lightwaves simultaneously. Experiments show that the 10-dB linewidth of generated microwave signals is reduced from 147 MHz to 68 kHz utilizing the proposed self-injection technique.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser tuning; microwave generation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical correlation; semiconductor lasers; DBR laser diode tuning; correlated lightwave generation; distributed Bragg reflector; low-frequency square-wave voltage; millimeter-wave signal generation; narrow-linewidth microwave generation; self-injection technique; Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser diode; microwave generation; narrow linewidth; self-injection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2022176

Filename

4912327