Influence of the laser locking characteristics on overtone rejection and signal to noise ratio in optically generated microwaves

Author

Campuzano, Gabriel ; Gallion, Philippe

Author_Institution

Ecole Nat. Superieure des Telecommun., Paris, France

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

521

Abstract

In this paper, influence of the laser locking characteristics on overtone rejection and signal to noise ratio in optically generated microwaves are experimentally implemented using DFB semiconductor lasers and novel results concerning high-performance issues are reported. Experimental observations show that the spectral purity is inherently dependent on the frequency detuning and on the relative power of the chosen modulation sideband with respect to the adjacent sidebands. The rejection rate and locking stability also deeply depend on the injection rate.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; laser mode locking; laser stability; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical modulation; optical tuning; radiofrequency spectra; semiconductor lasers; DFB semiconductor laser; frequency detuning; injection rate; laser locking; locking stability; modulation sideband; optically generated microwaves; overtone rejection; rejection rate; signal-noise ratio; spectral purity; Character generation; High power microwave generation; Laser noise; Masers; Microwave generation; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Semiconductor lasers; Signal generators; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313583

Filename

1313583