Study of injection-locking phenomenon using MEMS tunable laser

Xuming Zhang; J. B. Zhang; A. Q. Liu; Franck Chollet; J. Z. Hao

Study of injection-locking phenomenon using MEMS tunable laser

Xuming Zhang, J. B. Zhang, A. Q. Liu, Franck Chollet, J. Z. Hao

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Abstract

This paper reports our recent work that exploits the MEMS technology for the physical study of the laser injection-locking phenomenon, which is of great importance for atomic clock, all-optical networks and coherent communications. A MEMS injection locking laser (ILL) device has been developed to provide an experiment platform for physical and application studies. It employs a MEMS tunable laser as a master laser to lock a Fabry-Perot (FP) multimode laser; both are hybridly integrated with the functional MEMS structures onto a single chip. Superior performance has been achieved in terms of wavelength tuning range, locking quality and optical response. As an example of the device capability, optically-controlled optical switching has been successfully demonstrated, up to 50 MHz (potentially 10 GHz). A general rate equation has also been developed to explain the phenomena of the wave mixing and the optical switching.

Original language	English
Article number	MP7
Pages (from-to)	80-83
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	18th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2005 Miami - Miami Beach, FL, United States Duration: 30 Jan 2005 → 3 Feb 2005

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Study of injection-locking phenomenon using MEMS tunable laser

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