Title :
Near-single sideband modulation in strong optical injection-locked semiconductor lasers
Author :
Sung, Hyuk-Kee ; Lau, Erwin K. ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Asymmetric modulation sidebands have been demonstrated by controlling frequency detuning of strong optical injection-locked semiconductor lasers. Near-single sideband generated by the technique significantly reduces fiber chromatic-dispersion effect with enhanced modulation bandwidth.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; asymmetric modulation sidebands; fiber chromatic-dispersion; frequency detuning; modulation bandwidth; near-single sideband modulation; optical injection-locked semiconductor lasers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Injection-locked oscillators; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Radio frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215807
