DocumentCode
1393222
Title
Theory of self-locking FM operation in semiconductor lasers
Author
Shore, K.A. ; Yee, W.M.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Bath Univ., UK
Volume
138
Issue
2
fYear
1991
fDate
4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
91
Lastpage
96
Abstract
Gain saturation and multiwave mixing are shown to give rise to self-locking effects in semiconductor lasers resulting in FM operation. The analysis is shown to be in agreement with recently reported experimental observations of this phenomenon
Keywords
frequency modulation; laser mode locking; multiwave mixing; optical modulation; optical saturation; semiconductor junction lasers; gain saturation; multiwave mixing; self-locking FM operation; semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings J
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0267-3932
Type
jour
Filename
68365
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