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

Slight, T.; Romeira, B.; Wang, L.; Figueiredo, J.; Wasige, E.; Ironside, Charlie

doi:10.1109/JQE.2008.2000924

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Slight, T.

Romeira, B.

Wang, L.

Figueiredo, J.

Wasige, E.

Ironside, Charlie

Date

2008

Type

Journal Article

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Slight, T. and Romeira, B. and Wang, L. and Figueiredo, J. and Wasige, E. and Ironside, C. 2008. A Liénard oscillator resonant tunnelling diode-laser diode hybrid integrated circuit: Model and experiment. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 44 (12): pp. 1158-1163.

Source Title

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2008.2000924

ISSN

0018-9197

School

Department of Physics and Astronomy

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48190

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

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.