• DocumentCode
    1010321
  • Title

    35 GHz microwave signal generation with an injection-locked laser diode

  • Author

    Goldberg, L. ; Yurek, A.M. ; Taylor, H.F. ; Weller, J.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    814
  • Lastpage
    815
  • Abstract
    A new technique for sinusoidal intensity modulation of light, based on injection-locking of two longitudinal modes of a single laser to FM sidebands of another laser, is described. A 35 GHz microwave signal with a linewidth of less than 10 Hz was generated.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; microwave generation; optical links; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; 35 GHz microwave signal generation; FM sidebands; injection-locked laser diode; linewidth 10 Hz; longitudinal modes; microwave signal transmission; sinusoidal light intensity modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19850574
  • Filename
    4251374