Title :
Ultra-high, 72 GHz resonance frequency and 44 GHz bandwidth of injection-locked 1.55-/spl mu/m DFB lasers
Author :
Lau, Erwin K. ; Sung, Hyuk-Kee ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate record high resonance frequency (72 GHz) and record broadband performance (44 GHz) for 1.55-mum direct-modulated distributed-feedback (DFB) lasers under strong optical injection locking. The frequency response above 50 GHz is measured directly using optical heterodyne detection
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; heterodyne detection; high-speed optical techniques; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; 1.55 mum; 44 GHz; 72 GHz; DFB lasers; direct modulation; optical heterodyne detection; optical injection locking; resonance frequency; Bandwidth; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215716
