High power and ultra-low noise VECSEL for high dynamic range and wideband microwave optical links

Ghaya Baili; Loic Morvan; Gregoire Pillet; Daniel Dolfi; Loic Menager; Stephane Formont; Sophie Bouchoule; Zhuang Zhao; Jean Louis Oudar; Mehdi Alouini; Fabien Bretenaker

doi:10.1109/MWP.2013.6724075

High power and ultra-low noise VECSEL for high dynamic range and wideband microwave optical links

Ghaya Baili
, Loic Morvan
, Gregoire Pillet
, Daniel Dolfi
, Loic Menager
, Stephane Formont
, Sophie Bouchoule
, Zhuang Zhao
, Jean Louis Oudar
, Mehdi Alouini
, Fabien Bretenaker

Thales Research & Technology
Thales Group
Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies
IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251
Laboratoire Aimé Cotton

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Abstract

We describe a compact, ultra-low noise and highpower laser implemented in a wideband externally-modulated optical link. The laser is based on a Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser designed for free-relaxation-oscillations operation, i.e. in the so-called class-A regime. Thanks to a specific design of the 1/2-VCSEL, a metamorphic Bragg mirror and a report on a copper substrate, an optical power of 110 mW is obtained at 1.55μm in the single frequency regime. The Class-A VECSEL exhibits a relative intensity noise below -170 dB/Hz over a wide frequency bandwidth, from 300 MHz to 40 GHz, except at the laser free spectral range (20.4 GHz). A VECSEL-based optical link and a low RIN Class-B DFB-laser-based optical link are implemented and compared in terms of gain and noise factor. Thanks to its flat and ultra-low noise over a wide frequency bandwidth, the VECSEL outperforms the DFB laser, in particular for frequencies larger than 30 GHz.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	278-281
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781467360715
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2013.6724075
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013 - Alexandria, VA, United States Duration: 28 Oct 2013 → 31 Oct 2013

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Name	2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013

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Conference	2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Alexandria, VA
Period	28/10/13 → 31/10/13

Keywords

RF optical link
laser noise
noise figure

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Baili, G., Morvan, L., Pillet, G., Dolfi, D., Menager, L., Formont, S., Bouchoule, S., Zhao, Z., Oudar, J. L., Alouini, M., & Bretenaker, F. (2013). High power and ultra-low noise VECSEL for high dynamic range and wideband microwave optical links. In 2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013 (pp. 278-281). Article 6724075 (2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2013.6724075

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High power and ultra-low noise VECSEL for high dynamic range and wideband microwave optical links. / Baili, Ghaya; Morvan, Loic; Pillet, Gregoire et al.
2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013. IEEE Computer Society, 2013. p. 278-281 6724075 (2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013).

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Baili G, Morvan L, Pillet G, Dolfi D, Menager L, Formont S et al. High power and ultra-low noise VECSEL for high dynamic range and wideband microwave optical links. In 2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013. IEEE Computer Society. 2013. p. 278-281. 6724075. (2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2013). doi: 10.1109/MWP.2013.6724075

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