Title

Optical frequency combs from semiconductor lasers and applications in ultrawideband signal processing and communications

Authors

Authors

P. J. Delfyett; S. Gee; M. T. Choi; H. Izadpanah; W. Lee; S. Ozharar; F. Quinlan;T. Yilmaz

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Lightwave Technol.

Keywords

arbitrary waveform generation; heterodyning; injection locked; oscillators; modelocked lasers (MLLs); optical communications; semiconductor lasers; signal generation; synchronization; WAVE-FORM GENERATION; IMAGED PHASED-ARRAY; INJECTION LOCKING; RING; LASER; SIDEBAND SUPPRESSION; MODE; SERRODYNE; NOISE; STABILIZATION; MODULATION; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Telecommunications

Abstract

Modelocked semiconductor lasers are used to generate a set of phase-locked optical frequencies on a periodic grid. The periodic and phase coherent nature of the optical frequency combs makes it possible for the realization of high-performance optical and RF arbitrary-waveform synthesis. In addition, the resulting optical frequency components can be used for communication applications relying on direct detection, dense wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), coherent-detection WDM, optical time-division multiplexing, and optical code division multiple access. This paper highlights the recent results in the use of optical frequency combs generated from semiconductors for ultrawideband signal processing and communication applications.

Journal Title

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volume

24

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

2701

Last Page

2719

WOS Identifier

WOS:000238897200022

ISSN

0733-8724

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