Title :
16-GHz Analog and 16-Gbit/s Digital Modulation of p-Type Substrate Mass-Transported Diode Lasers
Author :
Tsang, D.Z. ; Liau, Z.L.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173-0073
Abstract :
Efficient, low-threshold 1.3-¿m diode lasers grown on p-type substrates have been studied for both small-signal analog and large-signal digital high-speed applications. The lasers are very efficient with differential quantum efficiencies as high as 34% per facet which yields low insertion loss in an optical link. The lowest cw threshold is 4.5 mA. A small-signal ¿3-dB frequency as high as 16.4 GHz has been measured with a 175-¿m-long laser. The laser responds to large-signal digital word sequences at rates of 16 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
Digital modulation; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Insertion loss; Masers; Optical fiber communication; Semiconductor lasers; Substrates; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference - Crisis Communications: The Promise and Reality, 1987. MILCOM 1987. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1987.4795339
