Title :
Electrically wavelength-tunable pulses generated by synchronous two-way injection seeding
Author :
Chan, K. ; Shu, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a scheme for the generation of wavelength-tunable pulses from two mutually injection seeded Fabry-Perot laser diodes. The wavelength tuning is achieved by electrical control of the delay time between two RF signals driving the lasers. A linear tuning characteristic is obtained at a constant operating frequency of 1 GHz. The output has a sidemode suppression of about 30 dB across a tuning range of 15 nm.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; 1 GHz; RF signals; constant operating frequency; delay time; electrically wavelength-tunable optical pulse generation; linear tuning characteristic; mutually injection seeded Fabry-Perot laser diodes; sidemode suppression; synchronous two-way injection seeding; tuning range; wavelength tuning; Delay effects; Diode lasers; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical pulse generation; Propagation delay; Pulse generation; Synchronous generators;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
