Effect of gain compression on the FM nonlinear distortion in semiconductor lasers

被引:3
作者
Salgado, HM
Castro, JCS
John, JJ
机构
[1] Dept. of Electron. and Elec. Eng., University College London
[2] University of Wales, Bangor
[3] Inst. Engenharia Sist. Computadores, Porto
[4] Sch. Electron. Eng. and Comp. Syst., University of Wales, Bangor
[5] Dept. of Electron. and Elec. Eng., University College, London
[6] INESC, Porto
[7] Science Faculty, University of Porto
[8] Engineering Department, University College of London
[9] Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Sch. Electron. Eng. and Comp. Syst., University of Wales, Bangor
[10] Royal Radar Establishment, Ultra Electronics Ltd.
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英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1109/3.502375
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The FM intermodulation characteristics of directly modulated semiconductor lasers of relevance to the design of subcarrier multiplexed applications are investigated, ''Adiabatic'' chirp which has previously not been considered is shown to have a large impact on the reduction of the distortion levels at frequencies below half the resonance frequency of the laser, Results are presented showing that, in contrast to previous suggestions, FM modulation may be advantageous, imposing less requirements on laser linearity than IRI modulation.
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页码:981 / 985
页数:5
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