International Journal of New Horizons in Physics
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Journal

International Journal of New Horizons in Physics


Volume
& Issue

Volume 2, Issue 1


Published
on

January 1, 2015


Pages

5-10


DOI

Article

Resonant Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers beyond 60 GHz Using Strong Optical Feedback

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Authors

Fumio Koyama Affiliation:
Photonics Integration System Research Center, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
, Moustafa F. Ahmed* Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, M.B. 20803 Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Minia University, 615191 Minia, Egypt
and Ahmed H. Bakry Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, M.B. 20803 Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia


Abstract

We report on the use of strong external optical feedback to enhance the modulation response of semiconductor lasers over a frequency passband around modulation frequencies higher than 60 GHz. We show that this modulation enhancement is a type of photon-photon resonance (PPR) of oscillating modes in the external cavity formed between the laser and the external reflector. The study is based on a time-delay rate equation model that takes into account both the strong feedback and multiple reflections in the external cavity. We examine the harmonic and intermodulation distortions associated with single and two-tone modulations in the mm-wave band of the resonant modulation. We show that compared with solitary lasers modulated around the carrier-photon resonance frequency, the present mm-wave modulated signal has lower distortions.


Keywords

Distortion, Intensity modulation, Optical feedback, Semiconductor laser


Citation

Koyama, F., Ahmed, M. F., & Bakry, A. H. (2015). Resonant modulation of semiconductor lasers beyond 60 ghz using strong optical feedback. International Journal of New Horizons in Physics, 2(1), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.12785/ijnhp/020102

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