Evaluation of Performance Enhancement of Optical Multi-Level Modulation Based on Direct Modulation of Optically Injection-Locked Semiconductor Lasers
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Q Factor
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The performance of optical M-level (multi-level) amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation is improved by directly using modulated optically injection-locked (OIL) semiconductor lasers. The direct modulation performance of free-running and OIL semiconductor lasers is evaluated and compared theoretically based on coupled-rate equation. We have found that OIL semiconductor lasers can significantly improve the modulation performance in terms of the signal eye opening and Q-factor. Additionally, we found that the Q-factor increases even more in the negative frequency detuning range due to its dependence on the locking parameters.
2021 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 13-20
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1970 ◽
Vol 58
(10)
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pp. 1457-1465
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