CW injection locking of a mode-locked semiconductor laser as a local oscillator comb for channelizing broad-band RF signals

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 7 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1225-1233

  Jung, Thomas ^a   Shen, Ji Lin ^b   Dennis, T ^c   Tong, K ^d   Murthy, Sanjeev ^a   Wu, Ming C ^b   Tanbun Ek, T ^c   Wang, Wenshen ^d   Lodenkamper, R ^e   Davis, Richard ^a   Lembo, L J ^b   Brock, J C ^c  

^a IEEE

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense wavelength division multiplexing; External cavity lasers; Injection locking; Microwave photonics; Modelocked semiconductor lasers; Optical channelizer; Optical frequency comb generation; Rf photonics; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

INJECTION LOCKING; LOCAL OSCILLATOR COMB; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL CHANNELIZER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032628117     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.775461     Document Type: Article

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