Experimental analysis of multi-lambda injection locking in single mode Fabry–Pérot laser diode

• Published in: Optics communications 2016-01, Vol.358, p.24-29
• Main Authors: Nakarmi, Bikash, Zhang, Xuping, Won, Yong Hyub
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Hysteresis width; Injection locked lasers; Multi-lambda injection locking; Single mode Fabry–Pérot laser diode
• ISSN: 0030-4018; 1873-0310
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2015.09.012

In this paper, we propose multi-lambda injection locking in a single mode Fabry–Pérot laser diode and experimentally analyze its effect on various characteristics of Fabry–Pérot laser diode. We consider mode of the injected beam, number of input injected beams, wavelength detuning, and injected power as important parameters in the analysis of suppression of the dominant mode and hysteresis width. The power required for injection locking is proportional to wavelength detuning, which is one of the important parameters for implementing latching device, switching device, and various other optical devices using single mode Fabry–Pérot laser diode. In multi-lambda injection locking, the amount of power required for the injected beam with and without suppression of self-injected mode plays an important role, and hence, is taken into account in our experiment. The spectrum domain output of three- and four-input NAND gate is shown to verify the concept of multi-lambda injection locking. We observe ON/OFF contrast ratio of more than 40dB when all beams are injection locked, whereas about 1.5dB ON/OFF contrast ratio in all other combinations of input beam injection. The analysis of multi-lambda injection locking can be used for multi-input optical devices such as multi-input logic gates, latches, and switches. •We analyze multi-lambda injection locking in single mode Fabry–Perot laser diode.•Effect of injected mode on hysteresis width and required input power is analyzed.Effect of number of inputs on hysteresis width and input power is analyzed.•Multi-lambda injection locking effect on hysteresis width is carried out.•A spectrum domain result for multi-input optical logic gate is illustrated.