Title :
Injection-locked 1.55 μm VCSELs with enhanced spur-free dynamic range
Author :
Chrostowski, L. ; Chang, C.H. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
8/15/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Injection locking is demonstrated to improve the analogue performance of long wavelength VCSELs. The third-harmonic spur-free dynamic range was improved by 9 dB/Hz2/3 to be 93 dB/Hz2/3, and the modulation bandwidth was increased twofold
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.55 micron; VCSELs; analogue performance; enhanced spur-free dynamic range; injection locking; injection-locked lasers; long wavelength VCSELs; modulation bandwidth; third-harmonic spur-free dynamic range;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020678