Photonic generation of microwave signals using a single-mode VCSEL subject to dual-beam orthogonal optical injection

Pérez García, Pablo; Quirce Teja, Ana; Valle Gutiérrez, Ángel; Consoli Barone, Antonio; Noriega González, Ignacio; Pesquera González, Luis; Esquivias, Ignacio

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2400391

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10902/21145

DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2400391

ISSN: 1943-0655

ISSN: 1943-0647

Fecha

2015-02

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IEEE Photonics Journal, 2015, 7(1), 5500614

Editorial

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Enlace a la publicación

https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2400391

Palabras clave

Semiconductor lasers

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)

Optical injection

Photonic microwave generation

Radio-over-fiber (RoF)

Nonlinear dynamics

Resumen/Abstract

We experimentally and theoretically investigate the photonic generation of microwave signals using a long-wavelength single-transverse-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to two-frequency orthogonal optical injection. We study if a significant reduction of the linewidth is achieved in the double injection locking regime. In this regime, the VCSEL is subject to optical injection by two master lasers in such a way that stable locking is also observed if only light from one of the master lasers is injected. Our model includes the effect of the injected light reflected at the VCSEL's mirror generalizing previous modeling of reflection-mode optical injection-locked VCSELs. Our model also describes the high coherence associated to stable injection locking states and takes into account phase fluctuations in both master lasers. We observe no significant reduction of the linewidth in the double injection locking regime because the linewidth is mainly determined by the phase fluctuations of the two master lasers.