• DocumentCode
    3788042
  • Title

    Modulation response of V-groove quantum-wire lasers

  • Author

    D.M. Gvozdic;A. Schlachetzki

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Opt., Photonics & Quantum Electron., R. Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    842
  • Lastpage
    847
  • Abstract
    We analyze the modulation speed of an InGaAs-InP quantum-wire laser of a V-groove-shaped structure. The bandwidth is affected by the optical confinement /spl Gamma/, exhibiting a maximum at /spl Gamma/=0.016. The maximum bandwidth for the intrinsic device is 20 GHz as a result of a calculation based on the experimentally obtained cross section of the device and including the nonparabolicity of the conduction and valence bands. We discuss the reduction of the bandwidth of the device itself by summarily considering the influence of the roll-off time and the cavity length as well as the nonlinear gain suppression.
  • Keywords
    "Bandwidth","Quantum well lasers","Quantum dot lasers","Optical propagation","Distributed feedback devices","Nonlinear optics","Optical modulation","Carrier confinement","Wires","Optical feedback"
  • Journal_Title
    IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.2005.846690
  • Filename
    1432974