Independent phase and magnitude control of an optically carried microwave signal with a three-terminal vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

Author

Stone, R.J. ; Hundgings, J.A. ; Lim, S.F. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J. ; Lau, K.Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

463

Lastpage

465

Abstract

We demonstrate a compact integrated method for phase and magnitude control of an optically carried microwave signal with no external high-frequency circuitry. Our device consists of a novel three contact VCSEL, which permits external control of both the cavity loss and gain. Independent control of the phase and magnitude of the optically carried signal is demonstrated. With reference to the small-signal rate equations, we show that such independent control is only possible given the extra degree of freedom offered by the three contact design.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser noise; microwave photonics; optical transmitters; surface emitting lasers; cavity gain; cavity loss; compact integrated method; external control; independent control; independent phase control; magnitude control; optically carried microwave signal; small-signal rate equations; three contact VCSEL; three contact design; three-terminal vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Circuits; Frequency; Integrated optics; Masers; Microwave devices; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.752549

Filename

752549