BANDWIDTH ENHANCEMENT AND BROAD-BAND NOISE-REDUCTION IN INJECTION-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

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作者
SIMPSON, TB
LIU, JM
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,DEPT ELECT ENGN,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[2] USAF,PHILLIPS LAB,CTR NONLINEAR OPT,KIRTLAND AFB,NM 87117
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10.1109/68.393181
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Injection locking of a semiconductor laser can significantly improve the broadband modulation characteristics. By adjusting the frequency offset between the master laser and the slave laser, improved modulation bandwidth or flatness of the modulation response can be emphasized. The improved modulation characteristics are accompanied by reduced broad-band relative intensity noise, Our calculations predict that the parasitic-free modulation bandwidths can be enhanced above the theoretical limit for the free-running laser.
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页码:709 / 711
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