Ji, Songkun, Hong, Yanhun, Spencer, Paul S., Benedikt, Johannes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-2349 and Davies, Iwan 2017. Broad tunable photonic microwave source using a single-mode VCSEL subject to parallel optical injection. Presented at: Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Munich, Germany, 25-29 June 2017. 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC). IEEE, p. 1. 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086553 |
Abstract
Microwave photonics is the study of the interaction between microwave and optical waves and their applications. One area of significant interest is the photonic generation of a microwave signal. Several techniques have been developed to generate such photonic microwave sources. In particular, one popular method for generating photonic microwave uses Period-one (P1) oscillations from optically injected semiconductor laser, as this approach offers the potential of a continuous and broad tunable source. Such a broadly tunable microwave signal has been demonstrated using a DFB laser operating in P1 state. That approach has been extended in this work to vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL). VCSELs offer numerous advantages over DFBs in this context such as low cost, low operating current, low power consumption and longevity.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
---|---|
Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Engineering |
Publisher: | IEEE |
ISBN: | 978-1-5090-6737-4 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 07:15 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/114473 |
Actions (repository staff only)
Edit Item |