TY - JOUR ID - 3279 TI - Harmonic Content and Relaxation Resonant Frequency of a Modulated Laser Diode JO - Scientia Iranica JA - SCI LA - en SN - 1026-3098 AU - Zandi, H. AU - Bavafaa, M. AU - Chamanzar, M. AU - Khorasani, S. AD - Department of Electrical Engineering,Sharif University of Technology AD - Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology AD - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology Y1 - 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - EP - KW - Laser diode KW - Optical modulation KW - Relaxation resonant frequency KW - Total harmonic distortion DO - N2 - In this paper, an analysis of the harmonic contents of the optical output power for an in-plane single mode laser diode is performed, and the results are described in detail. In the rst step, the absolute value of power for each harmonic is obtained in terms of various laser diode parameters, and the variations of external parameters, such as modulation current, bias current and frequency, are discussed. The analysis is done by direct solution of the rate equations of an arbitrary laser diode for carrier and photon densities. It is known that the optical power has a nonlinear dependence on frequency, and the maximum optical power of each harmonic is attained in its resonance frequency. The resonant frequency is shown to be tunable by the bias current; thus we obtain exact expressions for the output power of various harmonics, allowing better optimization to gain improved results. We extend the approach to higher harmonics, and numerically calculate the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) versus major parameters, such as frequency, bias current and modulation current. Furthermore, we nd optimal operation points in which the desired characteristics of the laser diode can be achieved. It is also possible for the sequence for every arbitrary single-mode laser structure to be developed by the approach presented in this work. UR - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_3279.html L1 - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_3279_3dc33a40f139ad716f18de6f133c04f3.pdf ER -