Toward a photonic arbitrary waveform generator using a modelocked external cavity semiconductor laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1608-1610

  Yilmaz, Tolga ^a,b   DePriest, Christopher M ^a,b   Turpin, Terry ^c   Abeles, Joseph H ^a,d   Delfyett Jr , Peter J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Essex Corp   (United States)

^d SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Modelocked semiconductor lasers; Photonic arbitrary waveform generation; Photonic synthesis; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MODELOCKED EXTERNAL CAVITY; PHASE LOCKED LONGITUDINAL MODES; PHOTONIC ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR; PHOTONIC SYNTHESIS;

CAVITY RESONATORS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0036852013     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.803326     Document Type: Article

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