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Optical locking of two semiconductor lasers through high-order Brillouin Stokes components in optical fiber

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A novel technique for optical injection locking of two semiconductor lasers through high-order Brillouin Stokes components in optical fiber is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The configuration potentially provides microwave signals generation at manifold Brillouin frequency without high-frequency external modulator and generator. Significant narrowing of the locked slave semiconductor laser linewidth was recorded.

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  1. Scientific Research and Advanced Studies Center of Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana no. 3918, Zona Playitas, 22860, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico

    V. V. Spirin, M. Castro & C. A. López-Mercado

  2. Electromagnetism and Telecommunication Department, University of Mons, 31 Boulevard Dolez, B-7000, Mons, Belgium

    P. Mégret & A. A. Fotiadi

  3. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of the RAS, ul. Polytekhnicheskaya 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    A. A. Fotiadi

  4. Ulyanovsk State University, ul. Lva Tolstogo 42, Ulyanovsk, 432970, Russia

    A. A. Fotiadi

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Spirin, V.V., Castro, M., López-Mercado, C.A. et al. Optical locking of two semiconductor lasers through high-order Brillouin Stokes components in optical fiber. Laser Phys. 22, 760–764 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X12040214

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