FREQUENCY-TUNABLE MILLIMETER-WAVE SIGNAL GENERATION USING A MONOLITHIC PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER

Authors
LIU HF ARAHIRA S KUNII T OGAWA Y
Citation
Hf. Liu et al., FREQUENCY-TUNABLE MILLIMETER-WAVE SIGNAL GENERATION USING A MONOLITHIC PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER, Electronics Letters, 32(8), 1996, pp. 740-741
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
32
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
740 - 741
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1996)32:8<740:FMSGUA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Repetition frequency tuning characteristics of a monolithic passively mode-locked distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor laser are invest igated. By injecting current at a passive phase control section, a tun ing range of 400MHz is achieved while keeping the pulse characteristic s nearly unchanged. Varying the absorber reverse bias offers an altern ative to tune the frequency. By combining these techniques, a total tu ning range of 1GHz is realised.