Generation of a narrow linewidth mm-wave signal from two phase-locked DFB lasers that are mutually coupled via Four Wave Mixing

Author

Soldo, Marco ; Gibbons, Nicholas ; Giuliani, Guido

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettron., Univ. di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

Nov. 3 2009-Oct. 6 2009

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

78

Abstract

Two DFB lasers emitting at different wavelengths are phase-locked via mutual injection assisted by a Four-Wave-Mixing process that takes place in a third auxiliary DFB. This demonstrates the generation of a spectrally pure tunable mm-wave signal without a reference RF seed.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; laser tuning; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical phase locked loops; four wave mixing; mutual coupling; mutual injection; narrow linewidth mm-wave signal generation; tunable mm-wave signal; two phase-locked DFB lasers; Cloning; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Injection-locked oscillators; Mutual coupling; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Terahertz and Mid Infrared Radiation: Basic Research and Practical Applications, 2009. TERA-MIR 2009. International Workshop

Conference_Location

Turunc-Marmaris

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3848-8

Electronic_ISBN

98-1-4244-3849-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TERAMIR.2009.5379621

Filename

5379621