Circuit Modeling of Carrier–Photon Dynamics in Composite-Resonator Vertical-Cavity Lasers

Author

Shastri, Bhavin J. ; Chen, Chen ; Choquette, Kent D. ; Plant, David V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

Volume

47

Issue

12

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1537

Lastpage

1546

Abstract

We present a circuit model for composite-resonator vertical-cavity lasers (CRVCLs) based on the standard rate equations. This model is compatible with general-purpose circuit analysis program (SPICE), and it can accurately produce the dc and modulation characteristics of the CRVCL, which is verified by comparing the calculated results with the measured experimental data. In addition, using this model we verify that CRVCL has unique abilities to engineer its modulation characteristics by varying cavity asymmetries as well as to produce multilevel amplitude modulation, both of which are consistent with our previous experimental results. We also discuss some advantages and limitations of this model.

Keywords

SPICE; amplitude modulation; laser cavity resonators; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; SPICE program; carrier-photon dynamics; cavity asymmetries; circuit modeling; composite-resonator vertical-cavity lasers; general-purpose circuit analysis program; multilevel amplitude modulation; standard rate equations; Equivalent circuits; Integrated circuit modeling; Optoelectronic devices; Semiconductor lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Circuit modeling; SPICE; circuit simulation; coupled cavity; equivalent circuits; optoelectronics; semiconductor lasers; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2011.2170403

Filename

6032059