Title :
Theory of active mode locking of a semiconductor laser in an external cavity
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
fDate :
3/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An analytical treatment is given for the active mode locking of a semiconductor laser in an external resonator. The width of the mode-locked pulses is obtained as a function of the laser and cavity parameters and the amount of frequency detuning. The effects of self-modulation and saturation are included in the treatment. The pulse output is compared with that obtained by a strong modulation of the laser diode with no external cavity.
Keywords :
Laser resonators; Mode locked lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1981.1071109
