DocumentCode
1086702
Title
Optically Injection-Locked VCSEL as a Duplex Transmitter/Receiver
Author
Gu, Qing ; Hofmann, Werner ; Amann, Markus-Christian ; Chrostowski, Lukas
Author_Institution
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver
Volume
20
Issue
7
fYear
2008
fDate
4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
463
Lastpage
465
Abstract
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel communication system scheme with an optical injection-locked vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (OIL-VCSEL) acting both as a transmitter and as a receiver, under an identical forward-bias condition. We show that an OIL-VCSEL can function as a receiver with a small signal modulation bandwidth of ~20 GHz, and for large signal digital modulation with data rate as high as 12 Gb/s.
Keywords
laser mode locking; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; optical injection-locking; receiver; signal modulation bandwidth; transmitter; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Digital modulation; Masers; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Petroleum; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Optical injection-locking (OIL); vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2008.916958
Filename
4459733
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