All-optical gain optoelectronic oscillator based on a dual-frequency integrated semiconductor laser: potential to break the bandwidth limitation in the traditional OEO configuration

Jin Li; Tao Pu; Jilin Zheng; Yunshan Zhang; Yunshan Zhang; Yuechun Shi; Wei Shao; Xin Zhang; Xianshuai Meng; Jie Liu; Juan Liu; Xiangfei Chen

doi:10.1364/OE.415429

Optics Express
Vol. 29,
Issue 2,
pp. 1064-1075
(2021)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.415429

All-optical gain optoelectronic oscillator based on a dual-frequency integrated semiconductor laser: potential to break the bandwidth limitation in the traditional OEO configuration

Jin Li, Tao Pu, Jilin Zheng, Yunshan Zhang, Yuechun Shi, Wei Shao, Xin Zhang, Xianshuai Meng, Jie Liu, Juan Liu, and Xiangfei Chen

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Jin Li, Tao Pu, Jilin Zheng, Yunshan Zhang, Yuechun Shi, Wei Shao, Xin Zhang, Xianshuai Meng, Jie Liu, Juan Liu, and Xiangfei Chen, "All-optical gain optoelectronic oscillator based on a dual-frequency integrated semiconductor laser: potential to break the bandwidth limitation in the traditional OEO configuration," Opt. Express 29, 1064-1075 (2021)

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Abstract

A novel photonic method, to the best of our knowledge, to generate high-frequency micro/millimeter-wave signals based on the optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) with all-optical gain is proposed in this paper. The core device is the monolithically integrated dual-frequency semiconductor laser (MI-DFSL), in which the two DFB laser sections are simultaneously fabricated on one chip. Attributing to the combined impact of the photon-photon resonance effect and the sideband amplification injection locking effect, one widely tunable microwave photonic filter with a high Q value and narrow 3-dB bandwidth can be realized. In this case, the generated microwave signals would largely break the limitation in bandwidth once making full use of the optical amplifier to replace the narrow-band electrical amplifiers in traditional OEO configuration to provide the necessary gain. No additional high-speed external modulator, high-frequency electrical bandpass filters or multi-stage electrical amplifiers are required, highly simplifying the framework and reducing the power consumption. Moreover, this simple and compact structure has the potential to be developed for photonic integration. In the current proof-of-concept experiment, microwave signals with wide tuning ranges from 14.2 GHz to 25.2 GHz are realized. The SSB phase noises in all tuning range are below -103.77 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz and the best signal of the -106.363 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz is achieved at the frequency of 17.2 GHz.

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Fig. 1. The schematic of (a) traditionally standard OEO, (b) OEO using optical injection semiconductor lasers, (c) OEO using the integration optical source device, and (d) a novel OEO configuration using all-optical gain.

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Fig. 2. (a) The experimental setup of the all-optical gain OEO with the help of the laser module, (b) the schematic diagram of the laser structure.

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Fig. 3. The principle diagram of the equivalent microwave photonic filter based on the combined impact of the PPR effect and the SAIL effect: (a) the red-shifted cavity modes in the twin DFB laser sections with a gain spectrum, (b) the optical spectrum in the FL section under modulation, (c) the +1^st modulation sideband is amplified by the gain spectrum and locks the cavity mode of the RL section, the other spurious mode is filtered equivalently, (d) the frequency relative response of the FL section under injection and without mutual injection as well as the RRF point based on CPR and PPR effect.

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Fig. 4. (a) Measured optical spectrum with I_DC1 varied from 54 to 88 mA while I_DC1 being fixed at 81.47 mA, (b) measured electrical spectrum with I_DC1 varied from 54 to 88 mA while I_DC1 being fixed at 81.47 mA.

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Fig. 5. (a) The modulation response comparison diagram with/without mutual injection, (b) the enhanced modulation response curves under different combinations of control currents.

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Fig. 6. The comparison diagram of the optical spectrum with/without the closed loop, (b) the comparison diagram of the RF spectrum with/without the closed loop, (c) the measured electrical spectrum of the generated 17.2 GHz beat signal, the inset is the corresponding spectrum within 100-kHz span, (d) the phase noise of the 17.2 GHz signal.

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Fig. 7. (a) The measured phase noises of the various OEOs at different frequencies, (b) the phase noise values at 1-kHz and 10-kHz frequency shift under different frequencies.

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E (t) = E_{1} e^{j ω_{1} t} + E_{2} e^{j ω_{2} t} .

E (t) = (1 + m \sin (ω_{m} t)) (E_{1} e^{j ω_{1} t} + E_{2} e^{j ω_{2} t}) .

E (t) = \sqrt{G} (1 + m \sin (ω_{m} t)) (E_{1} e^{j ω_{1} t} + E_{2} e^{j ω_{2} t}) .

I_{o u t} = ρ * | E (t) |^{2} = ρ * G * (1 + m \sin (ω_{m} t))^{2} * ({E_{1}}^{2} + {E_{2}}^{2} + 2 E_{1} E_{2} \cos (ω_{1} - ω_{2}) t) .

I_{o u t} = ρ * G * (1 + m \sin (ω_{m} t))^{2} * ({E_{1}}^{2} + {E_{2}}^{2} + 2 E_{1} E_{2} \cos ω_{m} t) .

I_{o u t^{'} constant} = ρ G ({E_{1}}^{2} + {E_{2}}^{2} + 2 E_{1} E_{2} \cos ω_{m} t) .

\begin{aligned} V_{o u t} & = ρ * P (t) * R * G_{E A} = \\ = \frac{α P_{0} ρ}{2} R G_{E A} {1 - η \sin π \frac{V_{i n} (t)}{V_{π}} + \frac{V_{B}}{V_{π}}} . \end{aligned}

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