Title :
Advanced Laser Architectures for Lidar and Microwave Photonics Applications.
Author :
Baili, Ghaya ; Morvan, Loic ; Alouini, Mehdi ; Dolfi, Daniel ; Huignard, JeanPierre
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Palaiseau
Abstract :
We report on different laser architectures dedicated to both lidar and microwave photonics systems. We first demonstrate two architectures of single-mode semiconductor lasers providing a relative intensity noise limited by the shot noise floor, over a large frequency range from 100 MHz to 18 GHz. Secondly, we show, through two experimental demonstrations, that dual-frequency lasers are well adapted to provide widely tunable and highly stable optically-carried microwave signals.
Keywords :
laser beam applications; laser modes; laser noise; laser tuning; microwave photonics; optical radar; semiconductor lasers; shot noise; 100 MHz to 18 GHz; dual-frequency tunable laser; laser architectures; lidar system; microwave photonics system; optically-carried microwave signals; relative intensity noise; shot noise; single-mode semiconductor lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Laser radar; Laser stability; Masers; Microwave photonics; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278986
