Title :
Frequency locking at 50-GHz spacings using optoelectronic mixing in photoheterojunction bipolar transistors
Author :
Lasri, J. ; Goldgeier, P. ; Sidorov, Vasily ; Ritter, Daniel ; Orenstein, Meir ; Betser, Yoram ; Satubi, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We describe optoelectronic mixing in a photoheterojunction bipolar transistor to frequency lock two single-mode lasers at a frequency spacing of 50 GHz. We demonstrate high locking stability with an uncertainty in the detuning frequency of only a few megahertz.
Keywords :
heterojunction bipolar transistors; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser tuning; measurement errors; optoelectronic devices; GHz spacings; detuning frequency; frequency locking; high locking stability; laser mode locking; measurement uncertainty; optoelectronic mixing; photoheterojunction bipolar transistors; single-mode laser frequency locking; Bipolar transistors; Frequency conversion; Laser feedback; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical mixing; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Signal processing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
