Title :
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers in radio over fiber applications
Author :
Marozsák, Tamás ; Udvary, Eszter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microwave Telecommun., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Hungary
Abstract :
Theoretical and experimental study of using direct modulated vertical cavity surface emitting lasers in radio over fiber applications is presented. The nonlinear distortion and signal to noise ratio are investigated and evaluated in the case of short-range multi-carrier transmission. Nonlinear characterization and comparison of different kinds of semiconductor lasers are also presented.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; nonlinear distortion; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; direct modulation; nonlinear distortion; radio over fiber applications; semiconductor lasers; short-range multi-carrier transmission; signal to noise ratio; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2002. MIKON-2002. 14th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
83-906662-5-1
DOI :
10.1109/MIKON.2002.1017801