Modulation response of dynamic single-mode quantum-well heterolasers in the 1.5 μm range

Author: Kuntsevich B.   Kononenko V.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0021-9037

Source: Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, Vol.77, Iss.4, 2010-09, pp. : 541-548

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Abstract

Numerical modelling is used to study the effect of tuning the laser output over the gain bandwidth on the modulation response of GaInAs–GaInAsP quantum-well heterolasers for different modulation frequencies of the pump current. It is found that the maximum frequency bandwidth of the response band and the greatest feasibility of high speed modulation for transmission of signals in information systems are achieved in the center of the gain band. Raising the dc component of the pump current increases the response bandwidth. For typical parameters of this system (near 1.5 μm) the maximum response bandwidth can approach ≍40 GHz. For certain parameters, the amplitude-frequency characteristics of the heterolasers have two local maxima: one at low frequency corresponding usually to a resonance for the 1/2 subharmonic and one at high frequency, for the fundamental resonance.

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