• DocumentCode
    2221371
  • Title

    High-efficiency directly modulated laser links

  • Author

    Fow-Sen Choa

  • Author_Institution
    Univeristy of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    7-9 Jan. 2002
  • Abstract
    We report a new type of high-performance RF-lightwave transmitter, which can provide >10 dB RF insertion gain at <0 dBm optical power with high spur-free dynamic range and low noise characteristics in an analog fiber link The insertion gain of the transmitter is obtained from the device FM-gain provided by a high-FM -efficiency laser and a high slop efficiency FM discriminator. An integrated version of such a device will be ideal for future RF-photonic links.
  • Keywords
    frequency modulation; laser beam applications; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; radio links; 10 dB; RF-lightwave transmitter; RF-photonic links; analog fiber link; directly modulated laser links; high spur-free dynamic range; high-FM-efficiency laser; high-efficiency modulated laser links; high-performance transmitter; insertion gain; low noise characteristics; Dynamic range; Fiber lasers; Gain; Laser noise; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2001. MWP '01. 2001 International Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7003-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2002.982301
  • Filename
    982301