Title :
Flexible V band carrier generator using optical carrier suppression in dual-parallel sidemode injection-locked Fabry-Pérot laser diodes
Author :
Hong, Moon-Ki ; Won, Yong-Yuk ; Han, Sang-Kook
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul
Abstract :
A novel scheme of a dual-parallel structure is proposed to generate millimeter-wave carriers; it utilizes injection-locked two sidemodes with a suppressed optical carrier with the help of Fabry-Perot laser diodes. To optimize a system performance of the proposed scheme, interference and the mode-partition noises were minimized. Signal qualities of generated millimeter-wave carriers were experimentally demonstrated. It was verified that RF peak powers of -28 dBm, -43.5 dBm, and phase noises of -96 dBm/Hz, -97.5 dBm/Hz at 1 MHz offset were measured for 56 GHz and 60 GHz band respectively.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser variables measurement; microwave photonics; semiconductor lasers; dual-parallel sidemode injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes; dual-parallel structure; flexible V band carrier generator; frequency 56 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter-wave carriers; mode-partition noises; optical carrier suppression; optical injection locking; polarization control; signal qualities; suppressed optical carrier; Diode lasers; Fabry-Perot; Interference; Millimeter wave measurements; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Signal generators; System performance; Fabry-Pérot laser diode; dc noise; millimeter-wave carrier; optical carrier suppression; optical injection locking; phase noise; polarization control; temperature adjustment;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2625-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2626-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598786
