Title :
Microwave frequency synthesis using injection locked laser comb line selection
Author :
Cai, B. ; Wake, D. ; Seeds, A.J.
Author_Institution :
University College London, UK
Abstract :
Microwave frequency synthesis can be realised by mixing the output of two or more DFB lasers injection locked to the same optical comb. The noise and stability problems of this approach are studied.
Keywords :
Frequency estimation; Frequency synthesizers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Masers; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Steady-state;
Conference_Titel :
Flat Panel Display Technology/Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure/ICs for New Age Lightwave Communications/RF Optoelectronics, 1995 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2448-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1995.764171