Generation of Tunable Millimeter-Wave and THz Signals With an Optically Injected Quantum Dot Distributed Feedback Laser

被引：45

作者：

Hurtado, Antonio ^{[1
,2
]}

Henning, Ian D. ^{[2
]}

Adams, Michael J. ^{[2
]}

Lester, Luke F. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ New Mexico, Ctr High Technol Mat, Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA

[2] Univ Essex, Sch Comp Sci & Elect Engn, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL | 2013年 / 5卷 / 04期

关键词：

Semiconductor lasers; quantum dot lasers; millimeter-wave; THz; signal generation; MODULATION; TRANSMISSION;

D O I：

10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2267535

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：

Generation of tunable millimeter-wave (MMW) and terahertz (THz) signals is experimentally demonstrated with an optically injected 1310-nm quantum dot distributed feedback (QD DFB) laser. A novel technique for MMW and THz signal generation is proposed, which is based on the dual-mode laser operation and the four-wave mixing induced in the QD DFB under single-beam optical injection into one of its residual Fabry-Perot modes. Coarse and fine tunability of the MMW and THz signals from 117 to 954 GHz is also demonstrated by injecting the external light into different residual modes of the QD laser and by controlling the injection strength and the initial frequency detuning.

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