Modelling of novel two section laser applications

Author

Higgins, S.P. ; Vickers, A.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK

Volume

150

Issue

2

fYear

2003

fDate

4/18/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

176

Lastpage

181

Abstract

The paper presents some simple yet effective models for evaluating the usefulness of a two-section laser diode as a wavelength converter under various operating conditions. The device considered in the paper is a split electrode Fabry-Perot laser diode, with a photodiode mounted on the gain section. The models used are, for the most part, rate equations that use the mean field approximation. Also included is a simple phase trajectory model that produces time-to-lock information. Clock synchronisation and data modulation are studied. It is shown that the most effective way of injecting the input signal is via the photodiode mounted on the gain section.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electrodes; integrated optoelectronics; optical saturable absorption; optical wavelength conversion; photodiodes; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; synchronisation; wavelength division multiplexing; clock synchronisation; data modulation; effective models; gain section; input signal; mean field approximation; operating conditions; phase trajectory model; photodiode; split electrode Fabry-Perot laser diode; time-to-lock information; two section laser applications; two-section laser diode; wavelength converter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2433

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-opt:20030426

Filename

1203109