Title :
Microwave photonic waveform generation using low-speed electronics and optical repetition rate multiplication
Author :
Kim, I.W. ; Seo, D.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Myongji Univ., Yongin, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate several tens of gigahertz microwave photonic waveform generation from a semiconductor fiber ring laser by injecting a Fabry-Perot laser diode output which is gain-switched at a few GHz.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; masers; microwave photonics; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; Fabry-Perot laser diode; gain-switched laser diode; gigahertz microwave photonic waveform generation; low-speed electronics; optical repetition rate multiplication; semiconductor fiber ring laser;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698795