• DocumentCode
    757404
  • Title

    High extinction ratio of injection-locked 1.55-μm VCSELs

  • Author

    Zhao, Xiaoxue ; Chrostowski, Lukas ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    166
  • Lastpage
    168
  • Abstract
    We report injection-locked vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers simultaneously achieving high extinction ratios of 20 dB, enhanced resonance frequency >30 GHz, and radio-frequency signal amplification of >10 dB, for the first time.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.55 mum; high extinction ratio; injection-locked VCSEL; radiofrequency signal amplification; resonance frequency enhancement; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Fiber lasers; Optical modulation; Optical surface waves; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Extinction ratio (ER); injection-locking; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2005.861303
  • Filename
    1556663