Title :
Effects of direct current modulation on a 60 GHz mm-wave carrier generated by master/slave optical sideband injection locking
Author :
George, D.S. ; Gomes, N.J. ; Davies, P.A. ; Wake, D.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Labs., Kent Univ., Canterbury, UK
Abstract :
Direct modulation of one of the lasers in a master/slave optical sideband injection locking mm-wave generation scheme is investigated experimentally and theoretically. It is shown that this modulation produces a predominantly phase modulated mm-wave signal
Keywords :
heterodyne detection; injection locked oscillators; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical transmitters; phase modulation; picocellular radio; 60 GHz; direct current modulation; master/slave optical sideband injection locking; mm-wave carrier; phase modulated mm-wave signal; DC generators; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Master-slave; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 1999. MWP '99. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5558-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.1999.819653
