Title

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

Authors

Authors

T. Yilmaz; C. M. DePriest; T. Turpin; J. H. Abeles;P. J. Delfyett

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett.

Keywords

microwave photonics; modelocked semiconductor lasers; photonic arbitrary; waveform generation; photonic synthesis; signal processing; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

We propose an architecture for photonic arbitrary waveform generation where the phase-locked longitudinal modes of a 12.4-GHz fundamentally modelocked external cavity semiconductor laser are individually modulated. We report photonic synthesis of microwave tones at 37.2 GHz (limited by photodetector bandwidth) with linewidth < 100 Hz and dynamic range 50 dB at 100-Hz resolution bandwidth. We show photonically synthesized 12.4-GHz sine waves with superimposed sinusoidal and pulsed RF modulations, demonstrating the potential for photonic arbitrary waveform generation with the proposed architecture.

Journal Title

Ieee Photonics Technology Letters

Volume

14

Issue/Number

11

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1608

Last Page

1610

WOS Identifier

WOS:000178847200040

ISSN

1041-1135

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