Large-signal modulation response of monolithic active integrated-optic waveguides

Author

Pennington, P.N. ; Ormondroyd, R.F.

Author_Institution

Praxis Syst. plc, Bath, UK

Volume

137

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

20

Abstract

A large-signal dynamic travelling optical flux analysis of a GaAs/AlGaAs monolithic active integrated-optic waveguide (AIOW) is presented. The model uses a combination of numerical and analytical techniques to solve the photon flux and carrier density conservation equations in time, the longitudinal dimension and optical wavelength. An analysis of the fundamental and harmonic frequency response of the waveguide is obtained, along with pulse and sinusoidal modulation response. This analysis is compared with a small signal analysis of the guide, and the two models are found to be in extremely close agreement for the limiting case of a small signal input applied to the large signal model

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; optical modulation; optical waveguide theory; GaAs-AlGaAs; analytical techniques; carrier density conservation equations; harmonic frequency response; large signal modulation response; large-signal dynamic travelling optical flux analysis; model; monolithic active integrated-optic waveguides; numerical techniques; photon flux conservation equation; pulse modulation response; sinusoidal modulation response;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings J

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0267-3932

Type

jour

Filename

45766