Title :
Frequency response enhancement in integrated coupled-cavity DBR lasers
Author :
Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Vawter, G. Allen ; Skogen, Erik J. ; Peake, Greg ; Overberg, Mark ; Alford, Charles ; Chow, Weng W. ; Yang, Zhenshan S. ; Torres, David ; Cajas, Florante
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We present a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) composed of two strongly coupled lasers. This PIC utilizes the dynamics of mutual injection locking to increase the relaxation resonance frequency from 3 GHz to beyond 30 GHz.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; frequency response; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; optical couplers; quantum well lasers; InGaAsP; frequency response enhancement; injection locking; integrated coupled-cavity DBR lasers; photonic integrated circuit; quantum well lasers; relaxation resonance frequency; amplitude modulation; frequency response; injection locking; photonic integrated circuits; semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699080
