Generation of optical millimeter-wave with a widely tunable carrier using Fabry-Perot grating-lens external cavity laser

Author

Ka-Suen Lee ; Shu, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Volume

9

Issue

5

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

192

Lastpage

194

Abstract

A novel scheme to generate a 119 GHz optical millimeter-waves using a 1.5 μm Fabry-Perot (FP) grating-lens external cavity laser has been experimentally demonstrated. The millimeter-wave has been produced by optical heterodyne of two wavelengths in the collinear and linearly polarized output of the laser. The signal frequency is precisely controlled by a FP filter. The optical carrier of the wave can be tuned over a 61 nm wavelength range. The millimeter-wave has been successfully transmitted over a 25 km fiber link. This source can he used in millimeter-wave wavelength-division-multiple-access networks.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; diffraction gratings; laser beam applications; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; lenses; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; multi-access systems; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 micron; 119 GHz; 25 km; Fabry-Perot filter; Fabry-Perot grating-lens; collinear polarized output; external cavity laser; fiber link; linearly polarized output; millimeter-wave WDMA networks; optical MM-wave generation; optical heterodyne; wavelength-division-multiple-access networks; widely tunable carrier; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Gratings; Laser tuning; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.766761

Filename

766761