Title :
Class-A semiconductor lasers for the transport and generation of optically carried RF analog signals
Author :
Bretenaker, F. ; Baili, G. ; Alouini, M. ; Morvan, L. ; Dolfi, D. ; Sagnes, I.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Aime Cotton, Univ. Paris Sud 11, Orsay, France
Abstract :
Class-A operation of VECSELs is obtained. Such shot noise limited sources are used for the transport of RF signals and the generation of radar local oscillators via two-frequency operation. © 2010 Optical Society of America.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser noise; light sources; microwave photonics; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VECSEL; class-A semiconductor lasers; optically carried RF analog signals; radar local oscillators; shot noise limited sources; two-frequency operation; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Laser radar; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2010 22nd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5683-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2010.5642700
