Abstract
Recent developments in high-speed semiconductor lasers with bandwidths approaching 20 GHz (see, for example, Ref. 1) offer the possibility of digital transmission at data rates in the 10–20-Gbit/s range. The modulation characteristics of these high-speed lasers are usually evaluated by small-signal measurements. However, the switching behavior under large-signal conditions determines the ultimate limits on high-speed digital modulation. Turn-on and turn-off delays, for example,2 can lead to intersymbol interference at high bit rates while overshoot and ringing give rise to undesirable frequency chirp.3
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