Frequency multiplication of microwave signals by sideband optical injection locking using a monolithic dual-wavelength DFB laser device

被引：37
作者：
Laperle, C
Svilans, M
Poirier, M
Têtu, M
机构：
[1] Univ Laval, St Foy, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
[2] Nortel Technol, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4H7, Canada
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES | 1999年 / 47卷 / 07期
关键词：
distributed feedback lasers; frequency conversion; microwave generation; microwave millimeter wave; optical heterodyning; optical injection locking; semiconductor lasers;
D O I：
10.1109/22.775460
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
Frequency multiplication of a microwave signal was achieved by modulating one arm of a dual-wavelength distibuted-feedback (DFB) laser device and injection locking the other arm of the device on one of the modulation sidebands, The dual-wavelength laser consists of two DFB lasers integrated with a Y-junction combiner on the same semiconductor substrate, thus making a compact device (L = 500 mu m) The output of the combiner was allowed to beat on a high-speed photodetector, The resulting microwave signal had a narrow line shape superimposed on a Lorentzian pedestal and was at a multiple of the modulating radio frequency. Three regimes of operation of the laser device were also observed: chaotic, self-pulsating, and heterodyne.
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页码：1219 / 1224
页数：6
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