800 Mb/s microwave FSK using a self-pulsating compact-disk laser diode

Author

Georges, J.B. ; Lau, K.Y.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

6

fYear

1992

fDate

6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

662

Lastpage

665

Abstract

Microwave frequency-shift keying (FSK) is demonstrated at 800 Mb/s using a low-cost, compact-disk, self-pulsating laser diode. The FM response of the self-pulsation at various drive currents is also given. The response exhibits a 3-dB bandwidth of 700 MHz and is independent of the peak current over a large range of deviations. The results confirm that an inexpensive, self-pulsating, compact-disk laser diode is a viable alternative to conventional microwave oscillators as a microwave subcarrier FSK transmitter with bit rates from 125 to 800 Mb/s, a range unachievable with commercially available microwave oscillators.<>

Keywords

frequency shift keying; optical communication equipment; optical isolators; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; 125 to 800 Mbit/s; 700 MHz; 800 Mbit/s; FM response; compact-disk; drive currents; frequency modulation; frequency-shift keying; low-cost; microwave FSK; microwave oscillators; microwave subcarrier FSK transmitter; optical modulation; self-pulsating compact-disk laser diode; Circuits; Diode lasers; Frequency shift keying; Insertion loss; Integrated optics; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor device measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.142004

Filename

142004