Strong Dependence of the Linewidth Enhancement Factor onto an externally injected optical signal for locked Fabry-Perot Laser Diodes

Quoc Thai Nguyen (1) , Pascal Besnard (1) , Olivier Vaudel (1) , Alexandre Shen (2) , Guang-Hua Duan (2)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 III-V Lab - Alcatel-Thalès III-V lab

We show experimentally that optically injected-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode presents a low adiabatic chirp and has a linewidth enhancement factor as well as a transient chirp strongly dependent onto the injected power.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Quoc Thai Nguyen, Pascal Besnard, Olivier Vaudel, Alexandre Shen, Guang-Hua Duan. Strong Dependence of the Linewidth Enhancement Factor onto an externally injected optical signal for locked Fabry-Perot Laser Diodes. Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics / European Quantum Electronics Conference 2009 (CLEO Europe/EQEC 2009), Jun 2009, Munich, Germany. pp.CB9.3, ⟨10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191594⟩. ⟨hal-00497259⟩