Title :
Optical generation and sideband injection locking of tunable 11-120 GHz microwave/millimetre signals
Author :
Al-Mumin, M. ; Wang, Xinhong ; Mao, Weiming ; Pappert, S.A. ; Li, Guifang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Optics/CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fDate :
8/31/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown that two-section gain-coupled DFB lasers with large section lengths and weak distributed feedback coupling exhibit a self-pulsation tuning range greater than reported previously. The phase noise of a sideband injection locked self-pulsation is measured and the jitter introduced by the self-pulsing laser found to be negligible
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; jitter; laser beams; laser feedback; laser noise; laser tuning; microwave generation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical pulse generation; 11 to 120 GHz; distributed feedback coupling; jitter; microwave signals; millimetre signals; optical generation; phase noise; section lengths; self-pulsation tuning range; self-pulsing laser; sideband injection locked self-pulsation; sideband injection locking; tunable signals; two-section gain-coupled DFB lasers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001090
