Characterization of a 60 GHz passively mode locked quantum well laser with applications for radio over fibre

Author

Carney, K. ; Maldonado-Basilio, Ramon ; Landais, P.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this paper, a multimode quantum well Fabry-Perot laser with potential application as a carrier signal generator for radio-over-fibre (RoF) is characterized. The laser is passively mode-locked, with no saturable absorber, and exhibits pulsed operation at 60GHz with only d.c. bias applied. The optical spectra, optical linewidth and beat tone linewidth of the laser are all characterized. Due to its pulsed operation at 60GHz and its low linewidth, this laser could be a key low cost component for RoF and WPAN systems.

Keywords

laser mode locking; personal area networks; quantum well lasers; radio-over-fibre; Fabry-Perot laser; RoF; WPAN systems; carrier signal generator; d.c. bias; frequency 60 GHz; multimode quantum well; optical linewidth; optical spectra; passively mode locked quantum well laser; radio over fibre; High-speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Laser mode locking; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Passively mode-locked laser; WPAN; radio over fibre;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602768

Filename

6602768