• DocumentCode
    1454945
  • Title

    Mechanism for Modulation Response Improvement in Mutually Injection-Locked Semiconductor Lasers

  • Author

    Yang, Zhenshan ; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Vawter, G. Allen ; Chow, Weng W.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    300
  • Lastpage
    305
  • Abstract
    The modulation response (MR) improvement in mutually injection-locked semiconductor lasers is analyzed. We show that the system becomes increasingly sensitive to the modulation when its operation point approaches the lock band boundary, suggesting that the MR enhancement results from a modulation-induced transition between locked and unlocked operations of the laser system.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; injection-locked semiconductor lasers; lock band boundary; modulation response; modulation-induced transition; unlocked operations; Cavity resonators; Frequency modulation; Laser excitation; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; High-speed lasers; injection-locking; semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.2010.2083638
  • Filename
    5716921