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8. Optical Modulation
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Modulation Techniques
• Direct modulation of laser diode
– Vary the current supply to the laser diode
– Directly modulates the output power of the laser
• External modulation
– Change the transmission characteristics
– Change the power of a continuous wave laser
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Rate Equations of Laser Diodes
• The semiconductor laser is essentially a two-level laser
• Light emission based on two coupled rate equations
– The carrier density of excited electrons (N)
– The photon density (Nph)
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Carrier Density Rate Equation
vg: group velocity L: confinement factor
a: gain constant g: gain suppression coef.
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Photon Density Rate Equation
sp: percentage of spontaneous emission coherent and in phase with stimulated emission (~10E-5)
sp: photon decay constant
tot: total cavity loss
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Steady State Solution
• Steady state requires the carrier density and the photon density to b constant
• The photon density rate equation yields
• Nph must be positive which requires
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Threshold Condition
• The carrier threshold condition is where
• Since the gain is also given by
• Resulting in a threshold carrier density of
• The photon density then becomes
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Steady State
• This means that in steady state Nth>N
• High photon flux occurs when N~Nth
• With N~Nth
• Resulting in
• The total power is
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DC Laser Diode Response
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Initial Photon Density
• Rate of increase of photon density (dNph/dt) is essentially zero when Nph is small
– It will not become significant until the net gain is positive
– This is equivalent to
– When the laser diode is initially turned on the photon density stays essentially zero until N reached Nth
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Initial Carrier Density
• Rate of increase of N (dN/dt) is positive when Nph is small
– Causing an increase in the carrier density
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Exceeding Threshold
• When N>Nth
– Optical gain becomes positive
– Photon density increases rapidly
– Exceeds the steady state value
• The increase in Nph causes
– decrease in the dN/dt because of the stimulated emission term is negative
• When Nph reaches a certain value dN/dt becomes negative
– N starts to decrease
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Relaxation Oscillations
• When N drops below Nth
– N starts increasing again
– The process repeats itself as a damped oscillation
• N stays very close to Nth
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Final Pulse Response
• When the laser turns off
– N decreases
– When N<Nth the photon density drops to essentially zero