• DocumentCode
    1021818
  • Title

    Frequency-locking of external cavity semiconductor lasers using an optical comb generator

  • Author

    Hunkin, D.J. ; Hill, G.R. ; Stallard, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    388
  • Lastpage
    390
  • Abstract
    An external cavity laser has been frequency-locked to each tooth of an optical comb generated using a reference laser source and an LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder interferometric frequency translator. The frequency spacing is electrically controlled and is thus both precise and variable.
  • Keywords
    frequency division multiplexing; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; optical communication equipment; semiconductor junction lasers; 420 MHz spacings; FDM; LiNbO3; Mach-Zehnder; electrically-controlled frequency spacing; external cavity; frequency locking; interferometric frequency translator; long-term stability; optical comb generator; optical communication equipment; optical frequency multiplexed systems; reference laser source; semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19860264
  • Filename
    4256456