Explanation for significantly improved VCSEL modulation bandwith in strong optical injection experiments

Author

Wieczorek, Sebastian ; Chow, Weng W. ; Chrostowski, Lukas ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Experimentally observed 5-fold increase in the modulation bandwidth of strongly injected VCSELs is explained to arise from injection-induced population pulsation. The injected-laser rate-equations reproduce the relevant aspects of modulation experiments on different VCSEL structures.

Keywords

laser beams; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL modulation bandwidth; VCSEL structures; high-speed semiconductor lasers; injected-laser rate-equations; injection-induced population pulsation; optical injection; Bandwidth; Damping; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Laser theory; Optical modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (060.4510) Optical communications; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (190.3100) Instabilities and chaos; (250.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628368

Filename

4628368