Linewidth and modulation response of two-dimensional microcavity photonic crystal lattice defect lasers

Author

Bagheri, Mahmood ; Shih, M.H. ; Wei, Zhi-Jian ; Choi, S.J. ; O´Brien, John D. ; Dapkus, P.Daniel ; Marshall, W.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng./Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Volume

18

Issue

10

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1161

Lastpage

1163

Abstract

Linewidth and small-signal modulation response measurements are reported for room-temperature-operating microcavity two-dimensional photonic crystal lasers. The measured optical linewidth versus the output power was found to saturate at values on the order of 1 GHz. The modulation bandwidth for these low-power lasers was demonstrated to be on the order of 10 GHz

Keywords

microcavity lasers; optical modulation; photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; spectral line breadth; 1 GHz; 10 GHz; 293 to 298 K; lattice defect lasers; linewidth response; low-power lasers; microcavity lasers; modulation bandwidth; modulation response; optical linewidth; room temperature operation; semiconductor lasers; two-dimensional photonic crystal lasers; Lattices; Microcavities; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Integrated optoelectronics; modulation bandwidth; optical heterodyne; optical modulation; photonic crystal; semiconductor lasers; spectral linewidth;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.874687

Filename

1629115