Nicola Brandonisio et al 2011 J. Opt. 13 125501 doi:10.1088/2040-8978/13/12/125501
Nicola Brandonisio, Patrycja Heinricht, Simon Osborne, Andreas Amann and Stephen O'Brien
Show affiliationsThe wavelength switching performance of single- and dual-contact two-mode semiconductor lasers is studied. These devices are characterized experimentally in terms of switching time, frequency chirp, contrast ratio and current modulation amplitude. Models based on multimode rate equations are used for reproducing these experimental results with good agreement between theory and experiment. The benefits of a dual-contact device are shown with respect to a single-contact device.
Issue 12 (December 2011)
Received 4 July 2011, accepted for publication 17 October 2011
Published 24 November 2011
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