Dynamics of electro-optic delay oscillators pumped with two lasers

We study the synchronization of optoelectronic delay oscillators pumped with two laser different wavelength

Wavelength tuning speed in semiconductor ring lasers using on-chip filtered optical feedback

Semiconductor ring lasers are promising sources in photonic integrated circuits because they do not require cleaved facets or mirrors to form a laser cavity. In this work, we characterize the wavelength switching speed of a tunable semiconductor ring lasers using filtered optical feedback. The filtered optical feedback is realized by employing two arrayed waveguide gratings to split/recombine light into different wavelength channels. Semiconductor optical amplifiers are placed in the feedback loop in order to control the feedback of each wavelength channel independently. The wavelength switching is achieved by changing the currents injected in the semiconductor optical amplifier gates. Experimentally, we observe a wavelength transition time of 5 ns. However, we also noticed a non-negligible delay in the switching process. [ Khoder et al, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 26, 520{523, 2014]. We numerically reproduce the experimental results using rate equations taking into account the effect of spontaneous emission. The simulations further elaborate on the effect of the noise strength on the wavelength transition time and the delay time

Digitally tunable dual wavelength emission from semiconductor ring lasers with filtered optical feedback

We report on a novel integrated approach to obtain dual wavelength emission from a semiconductor laser based on on-chip filtered optical feedback. Using this approach, we show experiments and numerical simulations of dual wavelength emission of a semiconductor ring laser. The filtered optical feedback is realized on-chip by employing two arrayed waveguide gratings to split/recombine light into different wavelength channels. Semiconductor optical amplifiers are placed in the feedback loop in order to control the feedback strength of each wavelength channel independently. By tuning the current injected into each of the amplifiers, we can effectively cancel the gain difference between the wavelength channels due to fabrication and material dichroism, thus resulting in stable dual wavelength emission. We also explore the accuracy needed in the operational parameters to maintain this dual wavelength emission

Integrated tunable semiconductor ring laser with fast wavelength switching using filtered optical feedback

We report on an integrated approach to achieve fast wavelength switching in a semiconductor ring lasers using on-chip filtered optical feedback. The feedback section consists of two arrayed waveguide gratings and four semiconductor optical amplifiers. The wavelength tuning and switching are controlled by changing the injected currents into the semiconductor optical amplifiers. Experimental observations and numerical simulations show a wavelength switching speed of few nano seconds. We also investigate the effect of the feedback parameters and the noise strength on the wavelength switching speed

Wavelength switching speed in semiconductor ring lasers with on-chip filtered optical feedback

We experimentally and numerically characterize the wavelength switching speed of a tunable semiconductor ring laser using filtered optical feedback. The feedback is realized employing two arrayed-waveguide gratings to split/recombine light into different wavelength channels. The wavelength tuning and switching is controlled by changing the currents injected in semiconductor optical amplifiers in the feedback section. A wavelength switching speed of a few nanoseconds is achieved. We investigate also the effect of the feedback parameters and noise strength on the wavelength switching speed

Integrated tunable semiconductor ring laser with fast wavelength switching using filtered optical feedback

We report on an integrated approach to achieve fast wavelength switching in a semiconductor ring lasers using on-chip filtered optical feedback. The feedback section consists of two arrayed waveguide gratings and four semiconductor optical amplifiers. The wavelength tuning and switching are controlled by changing the injected currents into the semiconductor optical amplifiers. Experimental observations and numerical simulations show a wavelength switching speed of few nano seconds. We also investigate the effect of the feedback parameters and the noise strength on the wavelength switching speed

Wavelength switching speed in semiconductor ring lasers with on-chip filtered optical feedback

We experimentally and numerically characterize the wavelength switching speed of a tunable semiconductor ring laser using filtered optical feedback. The feedback is realized employing two arrayed-waveguide gratings to split/recombine light into different wavelength channels. The wavelength tuning and switching is controlled by changing the currents injected in semiconductor optical amplifiers in the feedback section. A wavelength switching speed of a few nanoseconds is achieved. We investigate also the effect of the feedback parameters and noise strength on the wavelength switching speed

Controlled multiwavelength emission using semiconductor ring laser with on-chip filtered optical feedback

We report on an integrated approach to obtain multiwavelength emission from semiconductor ring lasers with filtered optical feedback. The filtered feedback is realized on-chip employing two arrayed-waveguide gratings to split/recombine light into different wavelength channels. Through experimental observations and numerical simulations, we find that the effective gain of the different modes is the key parameter which has to be balanced in order to achieve multiwavelength emission. This can be achieved by tuning the injection current in each amplifie