Tunable microwave, millimeter-wave and THz signal generation with a 1310nm quantum dot laser

A. Hurtado; J. Mee; M. Nami; L. F. Lester; I. D. Henning; M. J. Adams

doi:10.1109/MWP.2013.6724032

Tunable microwave, millimeter-wave and THz signal generation with a 1310nm quantum dot laser

A. Hurtado, J. Mee, M. Nami, L. F. Lester, I. D. Henning, M. J. Adams

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Tunable microwave (MW), millimeter-wave (MMW) and THz signal generation with frequencies ranging from below 1 GHz to 1 THz are demonstrated experimentally with a 1310-nm Quantum Dot (QD) Distributed-Feedback (DFB) laser. Continuously tunable MW signals from below 1 GHz to over 40 GHz are produced using the period-1 dynamics induced in the QD DFB laser when subject to optical injection into its lasing mode. In addition, we report a novel technique for MMW and THz signal generation which is based on the dual-mode laser operation and Four-Wave-Mixing induced in the QD DFB laser under single-beam optical injection into one of its residual Fabry-Perot modes. Coarse and fine frequency tunability of the generated MMW and THz signals from 117 GHz to 954 GHz is also demonstrated experimentally. The simplicity of the experimental configuration used in this work offers promise for novel uses of QD lasers as MW, MMW and THz signal sources for Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) applications and future mobile communication networks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	112-115
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781467360715
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2013.6724032
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013
Event	2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013 - Alexandria, VA, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Oct 2013 → 31 Oct 2013

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Conference	2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Alexandria, VA
Period	28/10/13 → 31/10/13

Keywords

distributed-feedback laser
microwave
millimeter-wave
quantum-dot lasers
signal generation
THz
Fabry-Perot resonators
masers
nonlinear optics

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Hurtado, A, Mee, J, Nami, M, Lester, LF, Henning, ID & Adams, MJ 2013, Tunable microwave, millimeter-wave and THz signal generation with a 1310nm quantum dot laser. in 2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013., 6724032, IEEE, pp. 112-115, 2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013, Alexandria, VA, United Kingdom, 28/10/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2013.6724032

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