基于椭圆偏振光注入垂直腔表面发射激光器的正交偏振模式单周期振荡产生两路光子微波

提出了基于椭圆偏振光注入下垂直腔表面发射激光器(VCSEL)输出的正交偏振模式单周期(P1)振荡来同时获取两路光子微波的实现方案, 并进行了相关仿真研究. 结果表明: 在合适的参数条件下, 一个自由运行的VCSEL(定义为主VCSEL, M-VCSEL)可输出椭圆偏振光, 其X偏振分量和Y 偏振分量具有相同的激射频率; 将M-VCSEL输出的椭圆偏振光注入到另外一个VCSEL(定义为副VCSEL, S-VCSEL), 在给定主副VCSEL间频率失谐的条件下, 通过选择合适的注入强度可使S-VCSEL 中两个偏振分量均呈现单周期(P1)振荡, 从而可获得两正交的光子微波信号; 随着注入强度的增加, 光子微波的频率以及功率均呈现增加的趋势; 结合微波频率、功率以及输出光谱中第一边带和第二边带的幅度差在由注入强度和频率失谐所构成参数空间下的分布图, 可确定获取高品质微波信号的优化注入参数范围.

Two channel photonic microwave generation based on period-one oscillations of two orthogonally polarized modes in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser subjected to an elliptically polarized optical injection

Previous investigations demonstrated that a semiconductor laser subjected to optical injection can realize period-one (P1) oscillation output under suitable operational parameters, which can be used to obtain high quality photonic microwave. In this paper, we propose a scheme for simultaneously generating two channel photonic microwave based on the P1 oscillations of two orthogonally polarization modes in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subjected to an elliptical polarization optical injection, and the relevant characteristics of obtained photonic microwave are numerically simulated and analyzed. The results show that under suitable operational parameters, a free-running VCSEL (named master VCSEL, M-VCSEL) can output an elliptical polarization light in which both X and Y polarization components of the elliptical polarization light oscillate at the same frequency. By using the elliptical polarization light from the M-VCSEL as an injection light into another VCSEL (named slave VCSEL, S-VCSEL), both two polarization components of the S-VCSEL can be driven into P1 oscillation through selecting suitable injection strength under a fixed frequency detuning between the M-VCSEL and the S-VCSEL. Based on the P1 oscillation, two orthogonally photonic microwave signals can be obtained. With the increase of the injection strength from the M-VCSEL, the frequency of photonic microwave shows a gradually increasing trend while the power of photonic microwave displays an increasing process accompanied by slight ripples. Combining the distribution mappings of the frequency, the power, and the amplitude difference between the first sideband and the second sideband of the photonic microwave in the parameter space of the injection strength and the frequency detuning, certain regions with optimally operational parameters can be determined for acquiring high quality photonic microwave.