Dynamic and mode characteristics for AlGaInAs/InP microdisk lasers subject to optical injection

Yong-Zhen Huang; Ling-Xiu Zou; Bo-Wen Liu; Yue-De Yang; Heng Long; Jin-Long Xiao; Yun Du

doi:10.1117/1.OE.54.7.076109

29 July 2015 Dynamic and mode characteristics for AlGaInAs/InP microdisk lasers subject to optical injection

Yong-Zhen Huang, Ling-Xiu Zou, Bo-Wen Liu, Yue-De Yang, Heng Long, Jin-Long Xiao, Yun Du

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 54, Issue 7, 076109 (July 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.7.076109

Abstract

Due to the merits of small size and low power consumption, microdisk lasers have been widely investigated as a potential light source for photonic integrated circuits. We investigate the dynamic and mode characteristics for a directional-emission microdisk laser subject to optical injection. At the free-running state, single-mode operation at 1540.16 nm with side-mode suppression ratio of 35 dB is realized for an 8-μm-radius microdisk laser connected with a 2-μm-width output waveguide at 7 mA. Under the injection locking state with the injection optical power of 2 mW, the 3-dB bandwidth of the small signal modulation response is enhanced from 3.4 to 13.7 GHz for the microdisk laser biased at 7 mA. Furthermore, the nonlinear states including four-wave mixing, period-one, and period-two oscillations are also observed and discussed for the microdisk laser subject to the optical injection with different wavelength detuning and optical power.

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Yong-Zhen Huang, Ling-Xiu Zou, Bo-Wen Liu, Yue-De Yang, Heng Long, Jin-Long Xiao, and Yun Du "Dynamic and mode characteristics for AlGaInAs/InP microdisk lasers subject to optical injection," Optical Engineering 54(7), 076109 (29 July 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.7.076109

Published: 29 July 2015

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