• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 2, Issue 4, B11 (2014)
Ning Zhang1、2, Xinlun Cai2, and and Siyuan Yu1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UB, UK
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technology, School of Physical Science and Engineering Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510 275, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.2.000B11 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ning Zhang, Xinlun Cai, and Siyuan Yu. Optical generation of tunable and narrow linewidth radio frequency signal based on mutual locking between integrated semiconductor lasers[J]. Photonics Research, 2014, 2(4): B11 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An integrated on-chip optical device consisting of two distributed feedback (DFB) lasers and one multimode semiconductor ring laser (SRL) has been numerically investigated. In this optical circuit, the two DFB lasers are injected into the SRL, and with the presence of the four-wave mixing effect and optical feedback, the three semiconductor lasers achieve mutual-locking state. The beating between the output optical spectral lines can generate readily tunable radio frequency signals with high spectral purity.
    Edfbit=12[(1jαi)Gdfbi+Gfeedbacki]Edfbi+Fedfbi,i=1,2,(1)

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    Ndfbit=ηdfbiIdfbieVdfbNdfbiτdfbiGdfbi|Edfbi|2+Fndfbi,i=1,2,(2)

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    Esrlt=12[(1jαsrl)Gsrl]Esrl+Eilmn+kEsrl+Einj+Fesrl,(3)

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    Nsrlt=ηsrlIsrleVsrlNsrlτsrlGsrl|Esrl|2+Fnsrl.(4)

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    Einj=SikcpEdfbieiΔωt.(5)

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    Gfeedback=cnLln|Efeedback|,(6)

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    Efeedback=1KfeedbackejθloopEsrl(tΔτ)Esrl(t).(7)

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    Eilmn=12χ3ElEm*EnSilmn,(8)

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    Silmn={1kikl+kmkn=00kikl+kmkn0.(9)

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    Fe=Vssτgr+Vθθτgri,(10)

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    Fn=Vnnτgn.(11)

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    υ˜=12θt,(12)

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    FN=1T|(υ˜υ¯)ejωτdτ|2.(13)

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    fFWHM=4πFNω0.(14)

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    Ning Zhang, Xinlun Cai, and Siyuan Yu. Optical generation of tunable and narrow linewidth radio frequency signal based on mutual locking between integrated semiconductor lasers[J]. Photonics Research, 2014, 2(4): B11
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