Cavity enhancement of resonant frequencies in semiconductor lasers subject to optical injection

Author

Simpson, T.B. ; Liu, J.M. ; Clayton, C.M. ; Gavrielides, A. ; Kovanis, V.

Author_Institution

JAYCOR, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

30-31 Oct 1995

Firstpage

171

Abstract

Recently, a laser amplifier model was used to describe some novel features in the optical spectra of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) under strong optical injection. Here, we show that the laser cavity plays a profound role in the enhancement of the modulation bandwidth and the modification of resonance characteristics. We consider a single-mode semiconductor laser biased near threshold and subject to an external optical field which injection locks the output

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser theory; semiconductor lasers; VCSEL; external optical field; injection locks; laser amplifier model; laser cavity; laser cavity enhancement; laser mode locking; modulation bandwidth enhancement; near threshold biased laser; optical injection; optical spectra; resonance characteristics; resonant frequencies; semiconductor lasers; single-mode semiconductor laser; strong optical injection; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Optical amplifiers; Optical modulation; Resonant frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484819

Filename

484819