Title

Synchronized mode-locked semiconductor lasers and applications in coherent communications

Authors

Authors

W. Lee; H. Izadpanah; R. Menendez; S. Etemad;P. J. Delfyett

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Lightwave Technol.

Keywords

coherent communications; injection locked oscillators; mode-locked; lasers; optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA); semiconductor; lasers; synchronization; DIVISION MULTIPLE-ACCESS; INJECTION-LOCKING; SUPPRESSION; SPECTRUM; SYSTEMS; NOISE; CDMA; COMB; GHZ; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Telecommunications

Abstract

The general features and characteristics of two different external-cavity mode-locked semiconductor lasers (MSLs) were studied. Coherent optical frequency combs and short pulses from the MSLs were used to develop a synchronized MSL system. Exploiting the synchronized MSLs as a phase-locked transmitter and a local oscillator, various heterodyne and homodyne coherent detection techniques were experimentally demonstrated. The experimental results have shown that the phase-coherent optical frequency combs and short pulses from the synchronized MSLs are very promising optical sources for many future coherent photonic systems, especially for spectrally phase-encoded optical code-division multiple access (SPE-OCDMA).

Journal Title

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volume

26

Issue/Number

5-8

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

908

Last Page

921

WOS Identifier

WOS:000255006000050

ISSN

0733-8724

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