Zero Crosstalk Regime Direct Modulation of Mutually Coupled Nanolasers

• Main Authors: Hong Han, K. Alan Shore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
• Series: IEEE Photonics Journal
• Subjects: Mutually-coupled semiconductor lasers; nanolasers; modulation response; modulation bandwidth.
• Online Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7986966/

The modulation properties of dually modulated mutually coupled nanolasers have been analysed using rate equations which include the Purcell cavity-enhanced spontaneous emission factor Fand the spontaneous emission coupling factor β. Specific attention is given to zero crosstalk operating regimes where the responses of the nanolasers are independent. Such regimes may provide either bidirectional isolation where both nanolasers operate independently or unidirectional-isolation where one nanolaser is immune to the other nanolaser but not vice versa. Access to the bidirectional isolation zero-crosstalk regime is, in general, enabled by strong driving or large modulation depth of the nanolasers. Conversely, strong injection coupling and low modulation depth lead to the unidirectional isolation regime. The modulation responses of the nanolasers in both bidirectional and unidirectional isolated zero crosstalk regimes are presented. The availability of bidirectional-isolated zero crosstalk regimes is seen to offer opportunities for exploitation in photonic integrated circuits.