Title

Synchronized Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers And Applications In Coherent Communications

Keywords

Coherent communications; Injection locked oscillators; Mode-locked lasers; Optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA); Semiconductor lasers; Synchronization

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). © 2008 IEEE.

Publication Date

4-15-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volume

26

Issue

8

Number of Pages

908-921

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2007.912534

Socpus ID

42649106862 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/42649106862

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