High-Performance Phase Locking of Wide Line width Semiconductor Lasers by Combined Use of Optical Injection Locking and Optical Phase-Lock Loop

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 328-342

  Bordonalli, A C ^a,b   Walton, C ^a   Seeds, Alwyn J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection locking; Linewidth; Microwave optoelectronics; Optical communication; Optical phase lock loop; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; HETERODYNING; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

INJECTION LOCKING; MICROWAVE OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL INJECTION PHASE LOCKED LOOPS (OIPLL); PHASE LOCKING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033078636     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.744252     Document Type: Article

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