Liu, Z;
Slavik, R;
(2019)
Optical Injection Locking: from Principle to Applications.
Journal of Lightwave Technology
10.1109/jlt.2019.2945718.
(In press).
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Abstract
This paper reviews optical injection locking (OIL) of semiconductor lasers and its application in optical communications and signal processing. Despite complex OIL dynamics, we attempt to explain the operational principle and main features of the OIL in an intuitive way, aiming at a wide understanding of the OIL and its associated techniques in the optic and photonic communities. We review and compare different control techniques that enable robust OIL in practical systems. The applications are reviewed with a focus on new developments in the past decade, under the categories of ‘High Speed Directly Modulated Lasers’ and ‘Optical Carrier Recovery’. Finally, we draw our vision for future research directions.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Optical Injection Locking: from Principle to Applications |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1109/jlt.2019.2945718 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.2019.2945718 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Laser dynamics, Optical communications, Optical transmitters, Optical injection locking, Direct modulation, Coherent receiver, Carrier recovery, Frequency comb, Time and frequency transfer |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083130 |




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