Optical modulation in a resonant tunneling relaxation oscillator

被引：20

作者：

Figueiredo, JML ^{[1
]}

Stanley, CR

Boyd, AR

Ironside, CN

McMeekin, SG

Leite, AMP

机构：

[1] Univ Glasgow, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Glasgow G12 8LT, Lanark, Scotland

[2] Univ Wales Coll Cardiff, Cardiff Sch Engn, Cardiff NP2 1XH, S Glam, Wales

[3] Univ Porto, ADFCUP, Ctr Fis Porto, P-4169007 Porto, Portugal

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1999年 / 74卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.123497

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

We report high-speed optical modulation in a resonant tunneling relaxation oscillator consisting of a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) integrated with a unipolar optical waveguide and incorporated in a package with a coplanar waveguide transmission line. When appropriately biased, the RTD can provide wide-bandwidth electrical gain. For wavelengths near the material band edge, small changes of the applied voltage give rise to large, high-speed electroabsorption modulation of the light. We have observed optical modulation at frequencies up to 14 GHz, associated with subharmonic injection locking of the RTD oscillation at the fundamental mode of the coplanar transmission line, as well as generation of 33 ps optical pulses due to relaxation oscillation. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)01809-4].

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页码：1197 / 1199

页数：3

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