Optical microwave/millimeter-wave links using direct modulation of two-section gain-coupled DFB lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1734-1736

  Kim, Cheolhwan ^a   Kim, Inwoong ^a   Li, Guifang ^a   Lange, Michael R ^b   Dimmick, Timothy E ^b   Langlois, Patrick ^c   Reid, Benoit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^c Bookham Inc   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analog transmission; Microwave millimeter wave (MMW); Optical injection locking; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL LINKS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ANALOG TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVE/MILLIMETER WAVE (MMW) LINKS; OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 23844435580     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.851041     Document Type: Article

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