Title :
High dynamic range suppressed-bias microwave photonic links using unamplified semiconductor laser source
Author :
Yegnanarayanan, Siva ; Johnson, Leonard M. ; Plant, Jason J. ; Loh, William ; Juodawlkis, Paul W.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper reports the performance of a novel slab-coupled optical waveguide external-cavity laser (SCOWECL) in a suppressed bias MWP link. We compare the performance of this link with a suppressed-bias link using a source comprising a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) laser and erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and show that MWP links built using SCOW-based emitter technology offer superior performance due to the small-form factor, high-efficiency, low-noise, and high power laser source.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser noise; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical links; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; SCOW-based emitter technology; SCOWECL; high dynamic range suppressed-bias microwave photonic links; high-efficiency low-noise high power laser source; slab-coupled optical waveguide external-cavity laser; small-form factor; suppressed-bias MWP link; unamplified semiconductor laser source; Masers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber- Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cocoa Beach, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0757-5
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2012.6344062
