Dual pump brillouin laser for RoF millimeterwave carrier generation with tunable resolution

T. Kanesan, F. Maskuriy, M. Hafiz, R. Mohamad, S. M. Mitani, H. M. Hizan, A. I A Rahim, P. A. Haigh, S. Rajbhandari, Gee Kung Chang

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Abstract

Conventional Brillouin based carrier generator may produce optical wavelengths at the spacing of 10 GHz (odd) or 20 GHz (even), which in turn will be heterodyned for microwave/millimeter wave (mm-wave) generation. Therefore, in the scenario where both odd and even order carriers are required, two laser units have to be utilized. In this paper, a new type of Brillouin fiber laser is proposed with bidirectional pumping by using two seed lasers. This technique enables single laser unit to generate both odd and even order wavelengths that results in the possibility of varying the resolution of the laser. The laser resolution can be changed by switching the seed laser 2 OFF for even order carrier generation, while the odd order carrier generation can be performed by operating the seed laser 2 at the same wavelength as seed laser 1. A ∼30 GHz carrier generation was performed in the proposed laser unit by switching to odd order generation. Meanwhile, a 40 GHz carrier was generated by both odd and even order options of the laser, where the odd order exhibits a power level of-7 dBm with many residual components, while the even order generated high purity carrier with a power level of 8 dBm, resulting in an improvement 15 dB.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTENCON 2015 - 2015 IEEE Region 10 Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479986392
ISBN (Print)9781479986415
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jan 2016
Event35th IEEE Region 10 Conference, TENCON 2015 - Macau, Macao
Duration: 1 Nov 20154 Nov 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE TENCON
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISSN (Print)2159-3442

Conference

Conference35th IEEE Region 10 Conference, TENCON 2015
Country/TerritoryMacao
CityMacau
Period1/11/154/11/15

Keywords

  • Brillouin fiber laser
  • microwave/millimeter-wave carrier generation
  • SBS generation method
  • SBS stokes
  • Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS)

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