光注入提高半导体激光器混沌载波发射机的带宽

Bandwidth enhancement of semiconductor laser as a chaotic transmitter by external light injection

外光反馈下的半导体激光器可视为混沌载波发射机.数值研究发现,外部强光注入可以显著提高混沌载波发射机的带宽,带宽提高的程度在一定范围内与注入光的强度成正比.当外部光注入系数kinj=0.39时,混沌载波的带宽由无光注入时的2.7GHz增大到14.5GHz,提高了5倍多.研究还发现,在相同的注入强度条件下,当注入光的频率比半导体激光器的中心频率高2—4GHz时,可实现最大限度的带宽增强.此外,适当提高半导体激光器的偏置电流也可以在一定程度上提高其产生的混沌载波的带宽.

A semiconductor laser that generates a chaotic signal with optical feedback can be treated as a chaotic transmitter. Based on single mode rate equations of semiconductor laser with optical feedback and external injection, the numerical simulation shows that the bandwidth of the transmitter is expanded by external optical injection. When the injection index kinj is 0.39, the bandwidth is increased from the value of 2.7 GHz without optical injection to 14.5 GHz. The results also reveal that, under the same injection strength, the enhancement of bandwidth depends evidently on the frequency detuning between the external injection laser diode and the chaotic carrier transmitter. The maximum bandwidth of the chaotic transmitter can be obtained when the frequency detuning is in the range from 2 to 4 GHz. The bandwidth of the chaotic transmitter can also be enhanced by increasing the bias current.