Evaluation of Performance Enhancement of Optical Multi-Level Modulation Based on Direct Modulation of Optically Injection-Locked Semiconductor Lasers

Autor: Hyo-Sang Jeong, Jun-Hyung Cho, Hyuk-Kee Sung
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Photonics, Vol 8, Iss 4, p 130 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2304-6732
DOI: 10.3390/photonics8040130
Popis: The performance of optical M-level (multi-level) amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation is improved by directly using modulated optically injection-locked (OIL) semiconductor lasers. The direct modulation performance of free-running and OIL semiconductor lasers is evaluated and compared theoretically based on coupled-rate equation. We have found that OIL semiconductor lasers can significantly improve the modulation performance in terms of the signal eye opening and Q-factor. Additionally, we found that the Q-factor increases even more in the negative frequency detuning range due to its dependence on the locking parameters.
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