Photonic Microwave Applications of the Dynamics of Semiconductor Lasers

Qi, Xiaoqiong; Liu, Jiaming

doi:10.1109/jstqe.2011.2121055

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“…These include Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) optical wireless networks, mobile communication systems, satellite telecommunications, etc. For a review on the topic of microwave photonics, see for instance [1]- [3] and references therein.…”

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“…One of these photonic approaches considers the use of optical injection in different types of semiconductor lasers for the generation of RF signals [3][4]. Optical injection permits the generation of tunable RF signals whilst simultaneously benefitting from a simple experimental configuration and the potential use of inexpensive commercial devices.…”

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“…Optical injection permits the generation of tunable RF signals whilst simultaneously benefitting from a simple experimental configuration and the potential use of inexpensive commercial devices. Single-and double-optical injection schemes have been successfully reported to generate RF signals with frequencies ranging from a few GHz to over 100 GHz [3]- [12]. Moreover a range of functionality is offered; large frequency tunability [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], single-(SSB) and double side band (DSB) [8] [13] and frequency modulation (FM) formats, as well as AM-to-FM conversion [9].…”

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“…Single-and double-optical injection schemes have been successfully reported to generate RF signals with frequencies ranging from a few GHz to over 100 GHz [3]- [12]. Moreover a range of functionality is offered; large frequency tunability [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], single-(SSB) and double side band (DSB) [8] [13] and frequency modulation (FM) formats, as well as AM-to-FM conversion [9]. Several works have reported on the generation of microwave signals mainly using Quantum Well (QW) lasers [3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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“…Moreover a range of functionality is offered; large frequency tunability [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], single-(SSB) and double side band (DSB) [8] [13] and frequency modulation (FM) formats, as well as AM-to-FM conversion [9]. Several works have reported on the generation of microwave signals mainly using Quantum Well (QW) lasers [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. More recently, the use of Quantum Dot (QD) lasers for microwave and mm-wave signal generation has also started to receive interest [10] [12][13][14][15][16][17] in view of the theoretically superior properties of QD devices (i.e.…”

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