Title :
Influence of unselected master laser sidebands on the spectral characteristics of beat signals in sideband injection-locking
Author :
Young-Kwang Seo ; Woo-Young Choi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
We have investigated the effects of unselected master laser sidebands in optical millimeter-wave generation using sideband injection-locking. The presence of unselected sidebands combined with chromatic dispersion can influence the spectral characteristics of the resulting beat signals.
Keywords :
laser beam applications; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; beat signals; chromatic dispersion; millimeter-wave generation; optical MM-wave generation; sideband injection-locking; spectral characteristics; unselected master laser sidebands; Bandwidth; Character generation; Chromatic dispersion; Frequency modulation; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser sintering; Millimeter wave technology; Optical modulation; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2001. MWP '01. 2001 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7003-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.981808
