Abstract
The paper explores the possibilities to extend the direct modulation bandwidth in dual-longitudinal-mode distributed feedback lasers by exploiting the photon–photon resonance induced by the interaction of the two modes in the laser cavity. The effects on the direct amplitude modulation and on the direct modulation of the difference frequency between the two modes are analyzed using simulation and experimental results. When the photon–photon resonance, which occurs at the difference frequency between the two modes, is properly placed at a higher frequency than the carrier-photon resonance, the small-signal amplitude modulation (AM) bandwidth of the laser can be significantly increased. However, both simulations and experiments point out that a high small-signal AM bandwidth does not lead to a high large-signal AM bandwidth if the small-signal modulation response has significant variations across the modulation bandwidth. The paper shows that a high large-signal AM bandwidth is obtained when the two modes are significantly unbalanced, whereas a high-bandwidth difference frequency modulation can be best detected when the two modes are balanced and the DC bias is properly chosen.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 46 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Optical and Quantum Electronics |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 5 Jan 2017 |
| Publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Distributed feedback lasers
- Dual-mode lasers
- Surface gratings
- Nanoimprint lithography
- Photon-photon resonance
- Amplitude modulation
- Difference frequency modulation
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