Hyuk-Kee Sung, T. Jung, D. Tishinin, K. Liou, W. Tsang, M. Wu
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引用次数: 17
Abstract
Directly modulated fiber-optic links offers significant advantages in system cost and complexity. However, they often suffer from high link loss and inferior RF performance compared with externally modulated links. In this paper, we have experimentally investigated the amplitude modulation (AM) efficiency, modulation bandwidth, and the nonlinear distortions of a directly-modulated gain-lever distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser under external light injection for the first time. By combining gain-lever modulation with optical injection locking, increased modulation efficiency (10 dB) and bandwidth (3 times) as well as suppressed third-order intermodulation distortion (15 dB) have been achieved simultaneously.