Improvement of slow light performance for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser using coupled cavity structure

Ya-nan Ma; Bin Luo; Wei Pan; Lian-shan Yan; Xi-hua Zou; An-lin Yi; Jia Ye; Kun-hua Wen

doi:10.1007/s11801-012-2302-x

Optoelectronics Letters ›› 2012, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (6) : 405-408. DOI: 10.1007/s11801-012-2302-x

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Improvement of slow light performance for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser using coupled cavity structure

Ya-nan Ma¹^,^a ,
Bin Luo¹ ,
Wei Pan¹ ,
Lian-shan Yan¹ ,
Xi-hua Zou¹ ,
An-lin Yi¹ ,
Jia Ye¹ ,
Kun-hua Wen¹

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We propose a vertical cavity semiconductor emitting laser (VCSEL) using a coupled-cavity (CC) design to broaden the bandwidths of gain and delay spectra. The structure is formed by constructing a passive cavity coupled with the active cavity. By rendering the strength of the two resonant cavities, the increased gain bandwidth by 340% and the increased delay bandwidth by 800% are achieved as compared with the signal-cavity (SC) VCSEL. The wideband spectra present more square-like passband which is expected for slow light system. By using it, a 20 Gbit/s super Gaussian signal is delayed by about 13 ps with high quality.

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Resonant Wavelength / Stimulate Brillouin Scat / Wideband Spectrum / Flat Gain / Passive Cavity

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Ya-nan Ma, Bin Luo, Wei Pan, Lian-shan Yan, Xi-hua Zou, An-lin Yi, Jia Ye, Kun-hua Wen. Improvement of slow light performance for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser using coupled cavity structure. Optoelectronics Letters, 2012, 8(6): 405‒408 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-012-2302-x

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This work has been supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No.2012CB315704), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61101053).