Hybrid optical transmitter for microwave communication systems

Joannes M. Costa; Benson C. Lam; Albert L. Kellner; Paul K. L. Yu

doi:10.1117/12.161345

1 November 1993 Hybrid optical transmitter for microwave communication systems

Joannes M. Costa, Benson C. Lam, Albert L. Kellner, Paul K. L. Yu

Proceedings Volume 2024, Multigigabit Fiber Communication Systems; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161345
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We report results of an improved hybrid optical transmitter suitable for use in microwave communication systems. Based on a double up-conversion technique, a 1.3 micrometers wavelength semiconductor diode laser is actively mode-locked, and its output is externally modulated by a lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder amplitude modulator to generate a transmitter output from 19 GHz to 21 GHz. Following a brief review of recent table top system measurements and motivation, we show a second generation engineering scheme for packaging the mode-locked source components. The initial performance results of this source are -34.2 dBm(e) mode-locked output power at 13.1 GHz, with an input rf power of 14.5 dBm(e); RIN is measured at -106.5 dBc(e)/Hz.

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Joannes M. Costa, Benson C. Lam, Albert L. Kellner, and Paul K. L. Yu "Hybrid optical transmitter for microwave communication systems", Proc. SPIE 2024, Multigigabit Fiber Communication Systems, (1 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161345

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