Bandwidth enhanced self-injection locked DFB laser with narrow linewidth
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1. A laser system with self-injection locking, the laser system comprising:
- (a) a single frequency laser having a laser output for delivering laser light at a frequency ω
o;
(b) a modulator coupled to the output of the laser for generating two sidebands, the modulator being driven by a RF signal at a frequency ω
m;
(c) a filter coupled to an output of the modulator for suppressing or passing one of the two sidebands; and
(d) an optical path coupling an output of the filter to the laser for injection locking.
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Abstract
A laser system and method for self-injection locking. The system includes a laser having a laser output at a frequency ωo. An optical port provides a portion of the laser output at the port and a modulator, coupled to the port, is driven by a RF signal at a frequency ωm generates two sidebands at ωo±ωm. A filter passes one of the two sidebands; and an optical path couples an output of the filter to the laser for injection locking.
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1. A laser system with self-injection locking, the laser system comprising:
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(a) a single frequency laser having a laser output for delivering laser light at a frequency ω
o;(b) a modulator coupled to the output of the laser for generating two sidebands, the modulator being driven by a RF signal at a frequency ω
m;(c) a filter coupled to an output of the modulator for suppressing or passing one of the two sidebands; and (d) an optical path coupling an output of the filter to the laser for injection locking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 31)
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11. A method of enhancing the modulation bandwidth of a distributed feedback laser, the distributed feedback laser having a operating frequency and having an output and an input, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) tapping the output from the distributed feedback laser to thereby define a tapped optical signal; (b) shifting the frequency of the tapped optical signal to thereby define a shifted optical signal; (c) feeding the shifted optical signal back into the input of the distributed feedback laser. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A laser system with self-injection locking, the laser system including:
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(a) a laser having a laser output at a frequency ω
o;(b) an optical port providing a portion of said laser output at said port; (c) a modulator coupled to the port, the modulator generating two sidebands, the modulator being driven by a RF signal at a frequency ω
m;(d) a filter coupled to an output of the modulator for suppressing one of the two sidebands and leaving the other sideband essentially unattenuated; and (e) an optical path coupling an output of the filter to the laser for injection locking. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 32)
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23. A laser system with self-injection locking, the system including a laser having a laser output at a frequency ω
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o;
an optical port providing a portion of the laser output at the port;
a modulator, coupled to the port, driven by a RF signal at a frequency ω
m to generate two sidebands at ω
o±
ω
m;
a filter coupled to the modulator for passing or suppressing one of the two sidebands of the signal ω
o±
ω
m; and
an optical path for coupling an output of the filter to the laser for injection locking the laser. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33)
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30. A laser system with self-injection locking, the laser system comprising:
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(a) a single frequency laser having a laser output for delivering laser light at a frequency ω
o;(b) an optical modulator coupled to the output of said laser for generating two optical sidebands, the modulator being driven by a RF signal at a frequency ω
m;(c) an optical filter coupled to an output of the modulator for suppressing one of the two sidebands; and (e) an optical path coupling an output of the filter to the laser for injection locking. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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