A Liénard oscillator resonant tunnelling diode-laser diode hybrid integrated circuit: Model and experiment

A Liénard oscillator resonant tunnelling diode-laser diode hybrid integrated circuit: Model and experiment

We report on a hybrid optoelectronic integrated circuit based on a resonant tunnelling diode driving an optical communications laser diode. This circuit can act as a voltage controlled oscillator with optical and electrical outputs. We show that the oscillator operation can be described by Liénard&#...

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Main Authors: Slight, T., Romeira, B., Wang, L., Figueiredo, J., Wasige, E., Ironside, Charlie
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48190
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Summary:We report on a hybrid optoelectronic integrated circuit based on a resonant tunnelling diode driving an optical communications laser diode. This circuit can act as a voltage controlled oscillator with optical and electrical outputs. We show that the oscillator operation can be described by Liénard's equation, a second order nonlinear differential equation, which is a generalization of the Van der Pol equation. This treatment gives considerable insight into the potential of a monolithic version of the circuit for optical communication functions including clock recovery and chaotic source applications. © 2008 IEEE.

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