Injection-locked semiconductor lasers with delayed optoelectronic feedback

Author

Saboureau, Philippe ; Foing, Jean-Paul ; Schanne, Pierre

Author_Institution

Direction des Centres d´´ Expertise et d´´Essais, CREA, Arcueil, France

Volume

33

Issue

9

fYear

1997

fDate

9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1582

Lastpage

1591

Abstract

Optical injection and optoelectronic feedback are efficient techniques to externally control the spectral characteristics of a semiconductor laser. This paper presents theoretical and experimental results about the effects of a delayed optoelectronic feedback loop on the stability of an optically injected diode laser. In particular, negative feedback configurations (out-of-phase carrier reinjection) are shown to widen the injection-locking domain of the laser and reduce its unstable region. On the contrary, in positive feedback configurations (in-phase carrier reinjection), the laser diode generates a modulation with tunable multigigahertz frequency

Keywords

laser feedback; laser mode locking; laser stability; laser theory; laser tuning; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; delayed optoelectronic feedback; delayed optoelectronic feedback loop; electro optical modulation; externally control; in-phase carrier reinjection; injection-locked semiconductor lasers; negative feedback configurations; optical injection; optically injected diode laser; out-of-phase carrier reinjection; positive feedback configurations; spectral characteristics; stability; tunable multigigahertz frequency; unstable region; Delay effects; Diode lasers; Feedback loop; Laser feedback; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical modulation; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.622640

Filename

622640