Title :
Bandwidth enhancement of distributed reflector lasers at low bias current by optical injection locking
Author :
Lee, SeungHun ; Parekh, Devang ; Shindo, Takahiko ; Yang, Weijian ; Guo, Peng ; Takahashi, Daisuke ; Tajima, Noriaki ; Nishiyama, Nobuhiko ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J. ; Arai, Shigehisa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
By optical-injection-locking, the bandwidth enhancement of Distributed-Reflector lasers with quantum-wire-like active regions was demonstrated. The bandwidth was increased to >15-GHz at a 5-mA bias, which is 4-times smaller bias than that for conventional edge-emitting lasers.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser mode locking; quantum well lasers; semiconductor quantum wires; bandwidth enhancement; current 5 mA; distributed Bragg reflector; distributed reflector lasers; frequency 15 GHz; optical injection locking; quantum-wire-like active regions; Bandwidth; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Injection-locked oscillators; Passive optical networks; Petroleum; Power lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
