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Paper 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.
Paper Details
Date Published: 7 May 2013
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8781, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations, 87810G (7 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2017230
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8781:
Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations
Pavel Cheben; Jiří Čtyroký; Iñigo Molina-Fernandez, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8781, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations, 87810G (7 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2017230
Show Author Affiliations
Radan Slavík, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Joseph Kakande, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. (United States)
Richard Phelan, Eblana Photonics Ltd. (Ireland)
Joseph Kakande, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. (United States)
Richard Phelan, Eblana Photonics Ltd. (Ireland)
John O'Carroll, Eblana Photonics Ltd. (Ireland)
Brian Kelly, Eblana Photonics Ltd. (Ireland)
David J. Richardson, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Brian Kelly, Eblana Photonics Ltd. (Ireland)
David J. Richardson, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8781:
Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations
Pavel Cheben; Jiří Čtyroký; Iñigo Molina-Fernandez, Editor(s)
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