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
fDate :
4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
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);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.916958
