Simultaneous microwave and millimeter-wave signal generation with a 1310-nm quantum dot distributed feedback laser

Antonio Hurtado; Ravi Raghunathan; Ian D. Henning; Michael J. Adams; Luke F. Lester

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2438435

Simultaneous microwave and millimeter-wave signal generation with a 1310-nm quantum dot distributed feedback laser

Antonio Hurtado, Ravi Raghunathan, Ian D. Henning, Michael J. Adams, Luke F. Lester

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Simultaneous generation of microwave and millimeter-wave (mm-wave) signals is demonstrated experimentally using a 1310-nm Quantum Dot (QD) Distributed-Feedback (DFB) Laser. The reported technique is based on the period-1 dynamics and dual-mode lasing induced in the laser device under external optical injection. Tunability of the generated microwave and mm-wave signals is obtained. Furthermore, abrupt switching between different frequency regimes in the microwave and mm-wave bands is also observed. These novel frequency switching mechanisms added to the tuning capability of the system offers exciting prospects for novel uses of QD lasers in ultra-high frequency applications. Our approach also benefits from a simple experimental configuration using basic optical fibre components making our technique totally compatible with optical telecommunication networks.

Original language	English
Article number	1801207
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	21
Issue number	6
Early online date	17 Jun 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2438435
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2015

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quantum dot laser
microwave
millimeterwave
optical injection

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