Title :
Stabilisation of mode-locked pulses using travelling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier
Author :
Lowery, Arthur J. ; Marshall, I.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ., UK
Abstract :
Numerical and experimental results show, for the first time, that a saturated travelling-wave laser amplifier (TWLA) can be used to amplify and limit the amplitudes of pulses from an actively mode-locked semiconductor laser while removing unwanted secondary pulses.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; semiconductor junction lasers; stability; mode-locked pulses; pulse amplitude limitation; secondary pulse removal; semiconductor laser amplifier; stabilisation; travelling-wave;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900072
