Multichannel millimeter wave subcarrier transmission by resonant modulation of monolithic semiconductor lasers

Author

Georges, John B. ; Cutrer, David M. ; Kiang, Meng-Hsiung ; Lau, Kam Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

7

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

431

Lastpage

433

Abstract

We study the multichannel analog and digital performance of narrowband millimeter-wave optical transmitters based on resonant modulation of monolithic semiconductor lasers. Two-tone measurements are performed under various bias conditions at a cavity round-trip frequency of 41 GHz, and optical transmission over 400 m of single-mode fiber of two simultaneous 2.5 Mb/s BPSK channels centered at a subcarrier frequency of 41 GHz is demonstrated.<>

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; optical modulation; optical transmitters; phase shift keying; radio transmitters; semiconductor lasers; 2.5 Mbit/s; 41 GHz; BPSK channels; analog performance; bias conditions; cavity round-trip frequency; digital performance; monolithic semiconductor lasers; multichannel millimeter wave subcarrier transmission; narrowband millimeter-wave optical transmitters; optical transmission; resonant modulation; single-mode fiber; subcarrier frequency; two-tone measurements; Digital modulation; Fiber lasers; Frequency measurement; Millimeter wave measurements; Narrowband; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Performance evaluation; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.376825

Filename

376825