Mutual Injection Locking of Monolithically Integrated Coupled-Cavity DBR Lasers

Tauke-Pedretti, Anna; Vawter, G. Allen; Skogen, Erik J.; Peake, Greg; Overberg, Mark; Alford, Charles; Chow, Weng W.; Yang, Zhenshan S.; Torres, David; Cajas, Florante

doi:10.1109/LPT.2011.2140099

Title: Mutual Injection Locking of Monolithically Integrated Coupled-Cavity DBR Lasers

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We present a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) composed of two strongly coupled distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers. This PIC utilizes the dynamics of mutual injection locking to increase the relaxation resonance frequency from 3 GHz to beyond 30 GHz. Mutual injection-locking and external injection-locking operation are then compared.

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Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ^[1]; Vawter, G. Allen ^[1]; Skogen, Erik J. ^[1]; Peake, Greg ^[1]; Overberg, Mark ^[1]; Alford, Charles ^[1]; Chow, Weng W. ^[1]; Yang, Zhenshan S. ^[1]; Torres, David ^[2]; Cajas, Florante ^[2]

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
LMATA Government Services, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1426923

Report Number(s):: SAND2010-7533J
Journal ID: ISSN 1041-1135; 534359

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 1041-1135

Publisher:: IEEE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; injection locking; semiconductor lasers; coupled-cavity lasers; amplitude modulation; monolithic integration; photonic integrated circuits; cavity resonators; mirrors; measurement by laser beam; resonant frequency; gain

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                    Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Vawter, G. Allen, Skogen, Erik J., Peake, Greg, Overberg, Mark, Alford, Charles, Chow, Weng W., Yang, Zhenshan S., Torres, David, and Cajas, Florante. Mutual Injection Locking of Monolithically Integrated Coupled-Cavity DBR Lasers.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Vawter, G. Allen, Skogen, Erik J., Peake, Greg, Overberg, Mark, Alford, Charles, Chow, Weng W., Yang, Zhenshan S., Torres, David, & Cajas, Florante. Mutual Injection Locking of Monolithically Integrated Coupled-Cavity DBR Lasers.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2011.2140099

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                    Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Vawter, G. Allen, Skogen, Erik J., Peake, Greg, Overberg, Mark, Alford, Charles, Chow, Weng W., Yang, Zhenshan S., Torres, David, and Cajas, Florante. Fri .  
"Mutual Injection Locking of Monolithically Integrated Coupled-Cavity DBR Lasers".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2011.2140099.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1426923.

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@article{osti_1426923,

  title        = {Mutual Injection Locking of Monolithically Integrated Coupled-Cavity DBR Lasers},

  author       = {Tauke-Pedretti, Anna and Vawter, G. Allen and Skogen, Erik J. and Peake, Greg and Overberg, Mark and Alford, Charles and Chow, Weng W. and Yang, Zhenshan S. and Torres, David and Cajas, Florante},

  abstractNote = {We present a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) composed of two strongly coupled distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers. This PIC utilizes the dynamics of mutual injection locking to increase the relaxation resonance frequency from 3 GHz to beyond 30 GHz. Mutual injection-locking and external injection-locking operation are then compared.},

  doi          = {10.1109/LPT.2011.2140099},

  journal      = {IEEE Photonics Technology Letters},

  number       = 13,

  volume       = 23,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},

  month        = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011}

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