InGaAsP/InP超辐射集成光源

为提高半导体超辐射器件的输出功率 ,采用直接耦合的方法 ,将超辐射发光管 (SL D)与半导体光放大器 (SOA)单片集成 ,制得了 1.3μm超辐射集成光源 ,其脉冲输出功率为 50 m W,光谱宽度 (FWHM)为 2 8.9nm。通过对放大器增益特性的讨论 ,得出了既能稳定器件性能 ,又可以提高输出功率的有效工作方案。     

高功率850 nm宽光谱大光腔超辐射发光二极管

超辐射发光二极管(SLD)具有不同于半导体激光器和普通发光二极管的优异性能。为提高半导体超辐射发光管的光谱宽度,采用非均匀阱宽多量子阱(MQW)材料拓宽超辐射器件的输出光谱。优化设计器件的波导结构,利用大光腔结构设计出高功率、低发散角850 nm超辐射发光二极管。采用直波导吸收区而后在器件的出光腔面上镀制抗反射膜的方法制作超辐射发光二极管。器件在140 mA时器件半峰全宽(FWHM)可以达到26 nm,室温下连续输出功率达到7 mW。器件的垂直发散角为28°,水平发散角为10°。由于器件具有比较小的发散角,与光纤耦合时具有比较高的耦合效率,单模保偏光纤耦合输出功率达到1.5 mW。     

1.3-W ripple-free superluminescent diode

This letter presents the experimental characterization of tapered and stripe superluminescent diodes fabricated from 980-nm high-power triple quantum-well InGaAs-AlGaAs semiconductor material. Record output powers in excess of 1.3 W pulsed have been measured, with 0.1-dB spectral modulation and maximum wall-plug efficiency 16%. Almost 1-W optical power into multimode optical fibers has been achieved with preliminary measurements of coupling efficiency.     

倾斜结构InGaAsP/InP集成超辐射光源

为提高半导体超辐射器件的输出功率 ,在原有的将超辐射发光管 (SLD)与半导体光放大器 (SOA)单片集成的基础上 ,将器件电流注入区中心轴线倾斜 6° ,制得了 1 5 μm倾斜结构的InGaAsP InP集成超辐射光源。发现这种新型结构的单片集成器件具有抑制激射的功能。在较低的电流注入下 ,得到了 38mW的脉冲超辐射输出功率。其光谱宽度 (FWHM )和平行、垂直于结平面的远场半宽分别为 16nm ,15°和 6 4°。同时 ,通过对该集成器件特性的研究 ,发现如何增加SOA部分的入射光功率是提高该集成器件性能的一个十分关键的因素     

The monolithic integration of a superluminescent diode with a poweramplifier

Monolithic integration of a superluminescent diode with a tapered semiconductor power amplifier is proposed. The basic operation of the integrated optical source is demonstrated under pulse conditions. Output power obtained by the integrated device is one to two orders of magnitude higher than the conventional superluminescent diode (SLD) devices     

Measurement of the Residual Modal Reflectivity of AR Coating on a SLD

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腔面反射率对超辐射发光二极管输出特性的影响

本文用耦合速率方程,从理论上分析研究了超辐射发光二极管(SLD)的功率输出特性。主要讨论了腔面反射率对其功率输出特性的影响。研究结果表明,半导体激光器(LD)存在一最佳输出功率腔面反射率,随腔面反射率的降低,SLD的功率曲线斜率减小,输出功率降低,光谱调制深度减小。增大后腔面反射率可以提高SLD的输出功率,减小其工作电流。由于腔面反射率的降低,前后传输的光子在有源区内的分布的对称性发生了变化,表现为非均匀性,后向传输波大于前向传输波。最后,把理论计算结果同我们研制的1.3μm徐层结构超辐射发光二极管的实验结果作了比较,得到了较好符合。     

Multiple-quantum-well GaInAs/GaInAsP tapered broad-area amplifierswith monolithically integrated waveguide lens for high-powerapplications

A 1.48-μm tapered broad-area semiconductor laser amplifier with a monolithically integrated waveguide lens as demonstrated. The gain saturation characteristics of the tapered amplifier were examined. A maximum output power of 300 mW and a 3-dB saturation power of 200 mW under quasi-CW conditions were obtained from the amplifier without the waveguide lens. Output power of 200 mW was obtained with a broad emission spectrum of ~30 nm when the device was used as a superluminescent diode. The amplified output was focused to a single lobe by the monolithically integrated aspheric waveguide lens, which may be useful for efficient coupling of the output into a single-mode fiber     

连续可调恒流的SLED恒温控制

为了解决大功率半导体超辐射发光二极管(SLED)的恒流、恒温驱动问题,使这类光源可以在恒定温度条件下,实现驱动电流连续调节的工作模式,设计了一种控制器,使用单片机MSP430作为其主芯片,采用脉宽调制和比例-积分-微分算法及半导体制冷器实现对光源温度的精密控制。实验中,控制器可以使光源在环境温度为10℃～40℃范围内稳定工作,温度稳定性可达到0.1℃,而其驱动电流则在0mA～200mA范围内连续可调,且恒定驱动电流可在全程范围内稳定在0.1mA。结果表明,所设计的控制器完全可以满足SLED的工作要求,满足了白光干涉系统对于光源的稳定性的需要。     

Cavity length dependence of optical characteristics in high powernarrow stripe GaAs superluminescent diodes

A high-power planar structure GaAs superluminescent diode (SLD) with a 5-μm-wide partially current injected region with a 30-200-μm cavity length has been developed by using a simple wafer process of spin-on-glass Zn selective diffusion. Drastic changes in optical characteristics from the light emitting diode mode to the SLD mode have been observed with increasing cavity length, reflecting the gain of the SLD mode. Experimental results of the far-field patterns, the maximum power output, and the optical spectrum show that the best suited cavity length should be designed carefully depending on the object of practical use     

超辐射发光二极管数值仿真模型

采用谱分割方法和分段模型对1.5 μm 波段的超辐射发光二极管(SLD)进行了仿真.为减小分段模型的分段数目和计算时间,对文献中常采用的计算每小段平均光功率(平均光子数密度)的3种主要方法进行了对比分析,结果表明:积分平均的方法具有显著的优势.与商用器件的测试结果相比,数值计算的输出光谱和电流-输出功率曲线基本相符.对高功率SLD的数值仿真表明:在有源区长度大于1mm后,输出功率的增长出现明显的饱和现象,纵向空间烧孔(LSHB)效应限制了增加有源区长度对输出功率增长的贡献.此外,对高功率SLD,使用忽略LSHB效应的单段模型计算输出功率可产生数倍的误差,因此,采用分段模型计入LSHB效应是必要的.     

非均匀阱宽多量子阱1.55 μm高功率超辐射光源

采用非均匀阱宽多量子阱材料拓宽超辐射器件的输出光谱 ,并利用前期关于倾斜脊形集成超辐射光源的研究成果 ,制得了新型的 1 5 5 μm高功率宽光谱InGaAsP InP集成超辐射光源。发现该器件较均匀阱宽多量子阱器件的输出光谱有很大变化 ,光谱半宽由原来的 2 0～ 30nm ,增加到 4 5～ 6 0nm左右。该器件同样具有较好的抑制激射能力 ,在可测试范围内 ,在没有蒸镀腔面抗反射膜的情况下未见激射模式的出现。在准连续工作条件下 ,器件最大峰值功率已达到 15 0mW以上。     

基于半导体光放大器交叉增益调制效应的主动锁模光纤激光器

提出一种腔内损耗小的基于半导体光放大器(SOA)交叉增益调制效应(XGM)的主动锁模光纤激光器结构。使用光环行器成功减小了激光器的腔内损耗,提高了激光器的输出功率。从理论上对有理数谐波锁模过程中腔内脉冲复合的物理机制进行了详细分析。利用有理数谐波锁模技术,在调制频率为10 GHz下,得到了重复频率为30 GHz的皮秒级光脉冲序列输出,其峰值功率约0.5 mW。由于半导体光放大器的宽增益谱与滤波器的较大可调谐范围,使得激光器输出可以在较大的波长可调谐范围内保持较大功率输出。成功实现了调制频率为20 GHz的谐波锁模短光脉冲输出,可调谐范围达40 nm,峰值功率大于0.65 mW。半导体光放大器和激光器的短腔长保证了激光器的长期稳定性。     

半导体光纤环形腔激光器调谐特性的实验研究

采用国产半导体器件,组建了半导体光纤环形腔激光器(FRSLs)的实验装置及相应的测试系统,系统地研究了FRSLs的输出和调谐特性.结果表明,已实现高速调制情况下的动态单纵模调谐,并获得波长调谐范围大于36nm的稳定光脉冲输出.确立了FRSLs的阈值特性、输出功率等物理参量与振荡波长之间的关系,提出通过控制分光比来优化和兼顾FRSLs的调谐范围及输出功率.实验结果较好地与理论模拟结果相吻合,为进一步改善FRSLs的性能指标提供了实验依据.同时,这些分析与结论对于相关结构类型的激光器设计也具有一定的参考价值.     

超辐射发光二极管光源组件内部电场耦合分析

针对超辐射发光二极管(Superluminescent Diode,SLD)光源输出光功率稳定性的需求,用有限元分析方法分析了SLD光源组件内部导体组的分布电容矩阵及电场耦合情况;通过电场耦合模型研究发现温控电路带来的干扰通过分布电容耦合到恒流回路中,影响输出光功率的稳定性;将制冷器接地可减小分布电容,改进恒温电路的驱动方式可减小交流分量的干扰,从而减小电场耦合对输出光功率的影响。     

Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

This paper reviews the recent progress of quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers developed as ultrawideband polarization-insensitive high-power amplifiers, high-speed signal regenerators, and wideband wavelength converters. A semiconductor optical amplifier having a gain of > 25 dB, noise figure of < 5 dB, and 3-dB saturation output power of > 20 dBm, over the record widest bandwidth of 90 nm among all kinds of optical amplifiers, and also having a penalty-free output power of 23 dBm, the record highest among all the semiconductor optical amplifiers, was realized by using quantum dots. By utilizing isotropically shaped quantum dots, the TM gain, which is absent in the standard Stranski-Krastanow QDs, has been drastically enhanced, and nearly polarization-insensitive SOAs have been realized for the first time. With an ultrafast gain response unique to quantum dots, an optical regenerator having receiver-sensitivity improving capability of 4 dB at a BER of 10^-9 and operating speed of > 40 Gb/s has been successfully realized with an SOA chip. This performance achieved together with simplicity of structure suggests a potential for low-cost realization of regenerative transmission systems.     

High performance superluminescent diodes at 1.3μm wavelength

The design,fabrication and performance of 1.3цm superluminescent diodes are reported.A InP window structure and a passive absorber waveguide in different plane are applied to suppress lasing oscillation.A buried crescent structure similar to a laser diode is introduced to achieve high output power.The output power of about 700цW is coupled into a single-mode fiber at 150mA and 25℃.Spectrum width is more than 30nm.The devices operate in superluminescent state in the range from0℃to 60℃.     

High-Performance 1.55-$mu$ m Superluminescent Diode With Butt-Coupled Spot-Size Converter

We report the design and fabrication of a novel 1.55-m spot-size converter superluminescent diode (SLD) for optical access networks. The active section of SLD was fabricated by using a planar buried heterostructure to adopt the double-waveguide-core structure for low-threshold and high-output power operation at a low injection current. A ridge-based passive waveguide was employed for an efficient coupling to a planar lightwave circuit. The threshold current was as low as 14 mA, and the maximum output power was as high as 28 mW with ripple less than 3 dB at an injection current of 200 mA.     

Maximising performance of optical coherence tomography systems using a multi-section chirped quantum dot superluminescent diode

Key device requirements for maximising resolution in an optical coherence tomography system are discussed. The design and operating parameters of a multi-contact quantum dot superluminescent diode incorporating a number of features which inhibit lasing are described. Such devices allow the independent tuning of emission power and spectral shape; hence the penetration depth and resolution in optical coherence tomography are decoupled. The emission spectrum of a device utilising chirped quantum dots is shown to be tuned to produce a broadband single Gaussian emission, centred at the required wavelength of 1050 nm, with high output powers than a single contact device.     

星间激光链路光源研究

星间光通信要求光源具有输出功率高，调制速率快的特点。目前的星间光通信系统大多采用了半导体激光器。近年高功率光纤激光器得到很快发展，以其优异的性能在很多领域正逐步取代半导体激光器。文章分析了几种激光器的性能，验证了光纤激光器用于星间光通信的可行性。