Title :
Interference effects on the frequency response of injection-locked VCSELs
Author :
Wang, Xu ; Faraji, Behnam ; Hofmann, Werner ; Amann, Markus C. ; Chrostowski, Lukas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
We show that the interference between the slave laser output and the injected light that is reflected from the VCSEL facet can significantly improve the modulation frequency response of injection-locked VCSELs, both experimentally and numerically.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; surface emitting lasers; injection-locked VCSEL; interference effects; modulation frequency response; slave laser; Frequency modulation; Frequency response; Interference; Mathematical model; Resonant frequency; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2010 22nd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5683-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2010.5642739
