Modelocked diode lasers for ultra-wideband communications and signal processing

Author

Delfyett, P.J. ; Gee, S. ; Izadpanah, H. ; Lee, W. ; Mielke, M. ; Yilmaz, T. ; DePriest, C. ; Choi, M. ; Ozharar, S.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

19-20 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Modelocked semiconductor lasers are used to generate a set of phase locked optical frequencies on a periodic grid. The resulting optical frequency components can be used for communication applications relying on direct detection, dense WDM, coherent detection WDM, OTDM, and OCDMA. In addition, the periodic and phase coherent nature of the optical frequency combs make it possible for the realization of high performance optical and RF arbitrary waveform synthesis. This paper highlights recent results in the use of optical frequency combs for ultrawideband communication and signal processing applications.

Keywords

code division multiplexing; frequency standards; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; OCDMA; OTDM; RF arbitrary waveform synthesis; coherent detection WDM; dense WDM; diode lasers; direct detection; modelocked lasers; optical frequency combs; optical frequency components; optical waveform synthesis; phase locked optical frequencies; semiconductor lasers; signal processing applications; ultrawideband communication; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Mesh generation; Optical devices; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor lasers; Signal processing; Ultra wideband technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation and Measurement Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8722-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LTIMC.2004.1370978

Filename

1370978