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

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 7 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1219-1224

  Laperle, Charles ^a   Svilans, Mikelis ^b   Poirier, Maxime ^c   Têtu, Michel ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Frequency conversion; Microwave generation; Microwave millimeter wave; Optical heterodyning; Optical injection locking; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SUBSTRATES;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; OPTICAL HETERODYNING; OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0032666651     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.775460     Document Type: Article

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