All-optical generation of microwave and millimeter wave using a two-frequency Bragg grating-based Brillouin fiber laser

被引:52
作者
Shen, YC
Zhang, XM
Chen, KS
机构
[1] Zhejiang Univ, Electromagnet Acad, Hangzhou 310058, Peoples R China
[2] Zhejiang Univ, Dept Informat & Elect Engn, Hangzhou 310058, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Brillouin fiber laser; fiber Bragg grating (FBG); microwave/millimeter-wave generation; optical mixing; stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS);
D O I
10.1109/JLT.2005.846910
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
A novel all-optical technique for microwave/millimeter-wave generation using two-frequency fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-based Brillouin fiber laser is presented. The mechanism for the microwave and millimeter-wave generation is theoretically analyzed. An approximately 33-GHz millimeter wave can be achieved through mixing the pump wave with the third Stokes' wave. In the experiment, an 11-GHz microwave signal is attained. The microwave frequency can be tuned by varying temperature of the fiber Fabry-Perot cavity of the Brillouin fiber laser. A more than 100-MHz tuning range around a frequency of 11 GHz is experimentally achieved.
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页码:1860 / 1865
页数:6
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