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Effect of varying the coupling strength and section length on the self-pulsation characteristics of multisection index-coupled DFB lasers

다중 전극 Index-Coupled DFB 레이저에서 결합 세기 및 각 영역의 길이가 Self-Pulsation 동작 특성에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Sang-Taek (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Young (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University) ;
  • Ji, Sung-Keun (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University) ;
  • Kim, Boo-Gyoun (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
  • 김상택 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부) ;
  • 김태영 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부) ;
  • 지성근 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부) ;
  • 김부균 (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부)
  • Published : 2005.02.01
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Abstract

As the number of compound cavity modes within the stopband of DFB sections decreases, the frequency of mode hopping decreases for the variation of $\Delta$λ$_{B}$, which represents the difference between the Bragg wavelengths of two DFB sections, so that the number of abrupt changes of pulsation frequencies decreases. In addition, the pulsation frequency varies continuously for the variation of the phase in a phase tuning section for a fixed $\Delta$λ$_{B}$. The number of compound cavity modes within the stopband decreases as the length of DFB sections increases and the length of a phase tuning section decreases. Thus stable self-pulsation operations for the variation of $\Delta$λ$_{B}$ and the phase in a phase tuning section could be obtained by proper selection of the coupling strength and the length of each section.ction.

두 개의 DFB 영역과 위상 조정 영역으로 구성된 다중 전극 index-coupled DFB 레이저에서 self-pulsation 동작 특성을 수치 해석으로 분석하였다. 금지 대역폭 내에 존재하는 전체 공진기 모드 수가 감소할수록 두 DFB 영역의 브래그 파장 차이인 $\Delta$λ$_{B}$가 변화할 때 발진 모드의 호핑이 발생하는 경우의 수가 적어져 pulsation 주파수가 불연속적으로 변화하는 경우의 수가 감소한다. 또한 고정된 $\Delta$λ$_{B}$에 대하여 위상 조정 영역의 위상이 변화할 때 pulsation 주파수가 연속적으로 변화한다. 결합 세기와 위상 조정 영역의 길이가 고정되어 있을 때 금지 대역폭 내에 존재하는 전체 공진기 모드의 수는 DFB 영역의 길이가 길수록 감소한다. 반면에 DFB 영역의 결합 세기와 길이가 고정되어 있을 때 금지 대역폭 내에 존재하는 전체 공진기 모드의 수는 위상 조정 영역의 길이가 작을수록 감소한다. 따라서 결합 세기 및 각 영역의 길이를 적절히 조정하면 $\Delta$λ$_{B}$ 또는 위상조정 영역의 위상이 변화하여도 모드 호핑이 발생하지 않아 안정된 pulsation 동작을 얻을 수 있음을 보였다.을 보였다.

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