Title :
Optical millimetre-wave generation by dual-mode operation of semiconductor modelocked lasers
Author :
Sato, K. ; Hirano, A. ; Shimizu, N. ; Ohno, T. ; Ishii, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
2/17/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical millimetre-wave generation at 60 GHz using dual-mode semiconductor modelocked lasers is demonstrated. Dual-mode operation is achieved by mode selectivity of the chirped gratings. Suppression of signal distortion due to fibre dispersion is confirmed for generated millimetre waves
Keywords :
laser mode locking; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; semiconductor lasers; 60 GHz; chirped grating; dual-mode operation; fibre dispersion; mode selectivity; optical millimetre-wave generation; semiconductor mode-locked laser; signal distortion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000283
