Chirp reduction and on/off contrast enhancement via optical injection locking and coherent carrier manipulation

Radan Slavík; Joseph Kakande; Richard Phelan; John O'Carroll; Brian Kelly; David J. Richardson

doi:10.1117/12.2017230

7 May 2013 Chirp reduction and on/off contrast enhancement via optical injection locking and coherent carrier manipulation

Radan Slavík, Joseph Kakande, Richard Phelan, John O'Carroll, Brian Kelly, David J. Richardson

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Proceedings Volume 8781, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations; 87810G (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017230
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The most cost-effective solution for modulating data onto an optical carrier is via direct modulation of a semiconductor laser. Unfortunately, this approach suffers from high chirp. The chirp can be reduced by reducing the on/off modulation contrast ratio (i.e. by keeping the signaling laser well above threshold when generating both logical ‘0’ and ‘1’ bits), but the low contrast ratio itself compromises performance. Other techniques can better suppress chirp, e,g., based on selfinjection or optical injection locking of the directly-modulated laser (slave) to another laser (master) that emits CW light. However, this technique although very efficient at eliminating chirp, also requires the slave laser be operated well above threshold. We show however that the issue of the limited on/off modulation contrast can be addressed in this instance by subtraction of the carrier using a component of the master beam and an interferometric arrangement.

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Radan Slavík, Joseph Kakande, Richard Phelan, John O'Carroll, Brian Kelly, and David J. Richardson "Chirp reduction and on/off contrast enhancement via optical injection locking and coherent carrier manipulation", Proc. SPIE 8781, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations, 87810G (7 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017230

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