Resonant distortion in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers for RF communication

Author

Lee, H. ; Dalal, R.V. ; Ram, R.J. ; Choquette, K.D.

Author_Institution

Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

84

Abstract

We present distortion measurements of 850-nm oxide aperture vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) over a 2 GHz to 8 GHz frequency range. A maximum spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) of 107.8 dB-Hz/sup 2/3/ at 2.6 GHz was measured, which we believe is the highest reported SFDR for a VCSEL. Resonant distortion due to the intrinsic nonlinearity of the laser and optical feedback is measured in both free space and multimode fiber-optic links.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; laser feedback; microwave photonics; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 850 nm; GHz frequency range; RF communication; VCSEL; VCSELs; free space; intrinsic nonlinearity; maximum spurious free dynamic range; multimode fiber-optic links; optical feedback; oxide aperture vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; resonant distortion; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Apertures; Distortion measurement; Dynamic range; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Resonance; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.766002

Filename

766002