Reconfigurable multifunctional operation using optical injection-locked vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Bo Zhang, Xiaoxue Zhao, Devang Parekh, Yang Yue, Werner Hofmann, Markus C. Amann, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Alan E. Willner

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Abstract

In this paper, we extend the system application of optical injection-locked (OIL) vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) to future optical networks by realizing multifunctional operation using a filter-assisted OIL-VCSEL scheme that can be reconfigured. By using a single chirp-adjustable injection-locked VCSEL (either single mode or multimode) followed by a tunable delay line interferometer, we experimentally demonstrate three functions, showing ultra-wide band (UWB) monocycle generation, nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) to pseudoreturn-to-zero (PRZ) data format conversion, and NRZ-data clock recovery at 10 Gb/s.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2958-2963
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume27
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2009

Keywords

  • Clock recovery
  • Data format conversion
  • Optical injection locking (OIL)
  • Reconfigurable optical networks
  • Ultrawide band
  • Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

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