Title :
Low-cost, low-noise hybrid lasers for high SFDR RF photonic links
Author :
Morton, Paul A. ; Mizrahi, Zemer
Author_Institution :
Morton Photonics, West Friendship, MD, USA
Abstract :
RIN performance of a low SWaP, low cost, Hybrid laser has been described, together with the high SFDR (54.6dB / 1GHz BW) optical analog link measurements achievable using this laser source.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; laser noise; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical links; semiconductor lasers; RIN performance; bandwidth 1 GHz; high SFDR RF photonic links; laser source; low SWaP low cost hybrid laser; low-cost low-noise hybrid lasers; noise figure 54.6 dB; optical analog link measurements; Current measurement; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Semiconductor lasers;
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.2012.6344080
