title: Novel modulated-master injection-locked 1.55-microm VCSELs.
abstract: We report a novel optical injection-locking configuration using a directly-modulated master VCSEL to injection-lock a slave VCSEL. We demonstrate an interesting RF modulation response for the modulated master laser. An RF gain up to 30 dB is attained for frequencies greater than a certain critical frequency f(c), which is approximatelty 10 GHz here and increases with the injection power. In addition, an RF phase change of 2 pi is achieved above f(c) by varying the wavelength detuning. The slope of phase-frequency curve represents an equivalent slow or fast light attained through the slave laser. We incorporate an amplifier model to explain this novel modulated-master injection-locked VCSEL configuration. Simulations show good qualitative agreement with the experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaoxue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Connie J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chang-Hasnain
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Markus C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Amann