Adjustable-chirp VCSEL-to-VCSEL injection locking for 10-Gb/s transmission at 1.55 μm

doi:10.1364/OE.17.021748

Adjustable-chirp VCSEL-to-VCSEL injection locking for 10-Gb/s transmission at 1.55 μm

Alberto Gatto, Anna Boletti, Pierpaolo Boffi, and Mario Martinelli »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 24, pp. 21748-21753 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.021748

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1.55-μm single-mode VCSEL frequency chirp behavior is investigated in under-threshold and above-threshold operating conditions for different VCSEL-to-VCSEL injection locking configurations with respect to free-running case. We experimentally evaluated the capability of adjusting the frequency chirp, reducing its value and inverting the sign. The control over the frequency chirp is obtained changing the wavelength detuning and power injection ratio between the VCSEL master and the VCSEL slave. Advantages of the chirp inversion are demonstrated for 10 Gb/s error-free propagation at 1.55-μm over 40-km standard single mode fiber without any dispersion compensation.

OCIS Codes
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(140.3520) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, injection-locked
(250.7260) Optoelectronics : Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: August 31, 2009
Revised Manuscript: October 14, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: October 19, 2009
Published: November 12, 2009

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Alberto Gatto, Anna Boletti, Pierpaolo Boffi, and Mario Martinelli, "Adjustable-chirp VCSEL-to-VCSEL injection locking for 10-Gb/s transmission at 1.55 μm," Opt. Express 17, 21748-21753 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-24-21748

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Amann, M. C.
Amann, M.-C.
Annovazzi-Lodi, V.
Boffi, P.
Bohm, G.
Boletti, A.
Chang, C.-H.
Chang-Hasnain, C. J.
Chen, H. F.
Chow, W. W.
Chrostowski, L.
Donati, S.
Ebeling, K. J.
Faraji, B.
Fekecs, A.
Gatto, A.
Halbritter, H.
Hofmann, W.
Jung, C.
Laverdière, C.
Liu, J. M.
Martinelli, M.
Maute, M.
Meissner, P.
Meng, X. J.
Michalzik, R.
Neumeyr, C.
Ortsiefer, M.
Reiner, G.
Riemenschneider, F.
Ronneberg, E.
Rönneberg, E.
Rosskopf, J.
Schmid, W.
Scire, A.
Shau, R.
Simpson, T. B.
Sorel, M.
Tetu, M.
Weigi, B.
Wieczorek, S.

Electron. Lett.

M. Ortsiefer, W. Hofmann, E. Ronneberg, A. Boletti, A. Gatto, P. Boffi, J. Rosskopf, R. Shau, C. Neumeyr, G. Bohm, M. Martinelli, and M. C. Amann, “High speed 1.3 μm VCSELs for 12.5 Gbit/s optical interconnects,” Electron. Lett. 44(16), 974–975 (2008). [CrossRef]
R. Shau, H. Halbritter, F. Riemenschneider, M. Ortsiefer, J. Rosskopf, G. Bohm, M. Maute, P. Meissner, and M.-C. Amann, “Linewidth of InP-based 1.55 lm VCSELs with buried tunnel junction,” Electron. Lett. 39(24), 1728 (2003). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

V. Annovazzi-Lodi, A. Scire, M. Sorel, and S. Donati, “Dynamic behavior and locking of a semiconductor laser subjected to external injection,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 34(12), 2350–2357 (1998). [CrossRef]
L. Chrostowski, B. Faraji, W. Hofmann, M.-C. Amann, S. Wieczorek, and W. W. Chow,, “40 GHz Bandwidth and 64 GHz Resonance Frequency in Injection-Locked 1.55μm VCSELs,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 13(5), 1200–1208 (2007). [CrossRef]
C.-H. Chang, L. Chrostowski, and C. J. Chang-Hasnain, “Injection locking of VCSELs,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 9(5), 1386–1393 (2003). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

L. Chrostowski, C.-H. Chang, and C. J. Chang-Hasnain, “Enhancement of Dynamic range in 1.55μm VCSELs using Injection Locking,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15(4), 498–500 (2003). [CrossRef]
A. Gatto, A. Boletti, P. Boffi, C. Neumeyr, M. Ortsiefer, E. Rönneberg, and M. Martinelli, “1.3 μm VCSEL Transmission Performance up to 12.5 Gb/s for Metro Access Networks,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 21(12), 778–780 (2009). [CrossRef]
J. M. Liu, H. F. Chen, X. J. Meng, and T. B. Simpson, “Modulation bandwidth, noise, and stability of a semiconductor laser subject to strong injection locking,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 9(10), 1325–1327 (1997). [CrossRef]
C. Laverdière, A. Fekecs, and M. Tetu, “A New Method for Measuring Time-Resolved Frequency Chirp of High Bit Rate Sources,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15(3), 446–448 (2003). [CrossRef]
W. Schmid, C. Jung, B. Weigi, G. Reiner, R. Michalzik, and K. J. Ebeling, “Delayed self-heterodyne linewidth measurement of VCSELs,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 8(10), 1288–1290 (1996). [CrossRef]

Other

Dennis Derickson, Fiber Optic Test and Measurement (Prentice Hall,).
M. Ortsiefer, M. Grau, J. Rosskopf, R. Shau, K. Windhorn, E. Rönneberg, G. Böhm, W. Hofmann, O. Dier, and M.-C. Amann, “InP-based VCSELs with Buried Tunnel Junction for Optical Communication and Sensing in the 1.3-2.3 μm Wavelength Range,” in Proceedings of IEEE Semiconductor Laser Conference, (Waikoloa, HI, USA, 2006), pp. 113–114.
B. Zhang, X. Zhao, L. Christen, D. Parekh, W. Hofmann, and C. Ming, Wu, M. C. Amann, C.J. Chang-Hasnain, and A. E. Willner, “Adjustable Chirp Injection-Locked 1.55μm VCSELs for Enhanced Chromatic Dispersion Compensation at 10 Gb/s,” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Optical Fiber Communication (San Diego Convention Center, 2008).
D. Parekh, and X. Bo Zhang, Zhao, Y. Yue, W. Hofmann, M.C. Amann, A.E. Willner and C.J. Chang-Hasnain, “90-km single-mode fiber transmission of 10-Gb/s multimode VCSELs under optical injection locking,” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Optical Fiber Communication (San Diego Convention Center, 2009).

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2007, Chrostowski, IEEE J. Quantum Electron.
2003, Chang, IEEE J. Quantum Electron.
2003, Chrostowski, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.
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2003, Laverdière, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.
1998, Annovazzi-Lodi, IEEE J. Quantum Electron.
1997, Liu, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.
1996, Schmid, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

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