Demonstration of an analog fiber-optic link employing a directly modulated semiconductor laser with external light injection

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1620-1622

  Meng, Xue Jun ^b   Tong, Dennis T K ^b   Chau, Tai ^b   Wu, Ming C ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog fiber optic link; Bandwidth; Bit error; Directly modulated semiconductor lasers; Eye diagram; Injection locking; Subcarrier multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; INJECTION LASERS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ANALOG FIBER-OPTIC LINKS; DIRECTLY MODULATED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING; SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0032207771     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.726769     Document Type: Article

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