Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics (한국광학회지)

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Analysis of Self-Pulsation Characteristics in Multi-Section Complex-Coupled DFB Lasers With Amplifying Optical Feedback

증폭된 광 귀환을 가자는 다중 전극 복소 결합 DFB 레이저에서 발생되는 self-pulsation 특성 해석

  • 김상택 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부) ;
  • 김태영 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부) ;
  • 김부균 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부) ;
  • 임영안 (한국전자통신연구원 기반기술연구소 광소자연구부) ;
  • 박경현 (한국전자통신연구원 기반기술연구소 광소자연구부)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

We investigate the pulsation characteristics in a multi-section DFB laser which is composed of one DFB section, phase tuning section, and gain section. Multi-section DFB lasers with anti-phase (AP) complex-coupled (CC) DFB structure show wide current ranges of gain and phase tuning sections fer stable pulsations compared to those with in-phase CC DFB structure or index-coupled DFB structure. For multi-section DFB lasers with AP CC DFB structure, the current range of a gain section for stable pulsations increases and the tuning range of the pulsation frequency increases as a coupling strength or a gain coupling coefficient increases Also, the tuning range using the phase variation in a phase tuning section increases. For a fixed coupling strength, the current ranges of gain and phase tuning sections for stable pulsations increase and the tuning range of the pulsation frequency increases as the length of a DFB section increases.

하나의 DFB 영역, 위상 조정 영역과 이득 영역으로 구성된 다중 전극 DFB 레이저의 pulsation 동작 특성을 살펴본다. Anti-phase (AP) complex-coupled (CC) DFB 구조를 사용한 경우가 in-phase CC DFB 구조나 index-coupled DFB 구조를 사용한 경우에 비하여 안정된 pulsation 동작이 발생하는 이득 영역과 위상 조정 영역의 전류 범위가 큼을 알 수 있다. AP CC DFB 구조를 사용한 경우 결합 세기가 커질수록, 이득 결합 계수가 커질수록 안정된 pulsation 동작이 발생하는 이득 영역의 전류 범위가 증가하고 pulsation 주파수의 튜닝 영역이 커짐을 볼 수 있다. 또한 위상 조정 영역의 위상 변화에 의한 pulsation주파수의 튜닝 영역도 커짐을 볼 수 있다. 고정된 결합 세기에서 DFB 영역의 길이가 증가할수록 pulsation 동작이 발생하는 위상 조정 영역과 이득 영역의 전류 범위가 증가하여 pulsation 주파수 튜닝 영역이 넓어짐을 볼 수 있다.

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