Efficient optical millimeter-wave generation using a frequency-tripling Fabry-Pérot laser with sideband injection and synchronization

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1325-1327

  Liu, Jie ^a,b   Chien, Hung Chang ^c   Fan, Shu Hao ^b   Chen, Biao ^a   Yu, Jianjun ^c   He, Sailing ^a   Chang, Gee Kung ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ZTE TX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabry P rot (FP) laser; millimeter wave (mm wave) generation; optical fiber communication; radio over fiber (RoF)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENT; DIRECTLY MODULATED; ERROR FREE TRANSMISSION; FP LASER; INJECTION LOCKED; MILLIMETER-WAVE (MM-WAVE) GENERATION; MM-WAVE; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INJECTION; OPTICAL MILLIMETER-WAVE (MM-WAVE); OPTICAL MILLIMETER-WAVE GENERATION; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; RADIO OVER FIBER SYSTEM; RADIO-OVER-FIBERS; RF SIGNAL; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

DIRECT INJECTION; FIBERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL FILTERS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 80052412289     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2159834     Document Type: Article

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