Title :
Externally modulated mode-locked laser diodes for microwave transmission links
Author :
Kellner, A.L. ; Lam, Bryant C. ; Yan, G.S. ; Yu, Paul K. L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
An externally modulated mode-locked laser diode is proposed to transmit high centre frequency, fractional bandwidth microwave signals over optical fibres. The authors demonstrate the feasibility of this scheme using an external Bragg cell to modulate (at 68.7 MHz) an actively mode-locked laser diode (mode-locked at 2.05 GHz).
Keywords :
laser mode locking; microwave links; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; 2.05 GHz; 68.7 MHz; external Bragg cell; externally modulated laser; fractional bandwidth microwave signals; microwave transmission links; mode-locked laser diodes; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890864
