Title :
Distributed microwave effects in high speed semiconductor lasers
Author :
Tauber, D. ; Spickermann, R. ; Nagarajan, R. ; Reynolds, T.E. ; Holmes, A.L., Jr. ; Bowers, J.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we analyze and experimentally show that high speed semiconductor lasers approximately 300 /spl mu/m long and operating at frequencies above 25 GHz should be treated as distributed electrical elements. The analysis and experiments indicate that the microwave propagation is lossy, slow wave and dispersive, and that these distributed effects have important implications for the use of directly modulated lasers in high speed optical links.<>
Keywords :
equivalent circuits; laser theory; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; radiowave propagation; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; 25 GHz; 300 micron; directly modulated lasers; distributed electrical elements; distributed microwave effects; high speed optical links; high speed semiconductor lasers; microwave propagation; Dispersion; Frequency; Masers; Microwave propagation; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical propagation; Propagation losses; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1778-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335364
