Title :
Broad-band wavelength tuning (>60 nm) of 40 GHz actively mode-locked laser diode with external CW light injection
Author :
Arahira, Shin ; Yaegashi, Hiroki ; Nakamura, Kentaro ; Ogawa, Yoh
Author_Institution :
Adv. Devices Lab., Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Broad-band wavelength tuning over 60 nm was successfully achieved in monolithic 40 GHz actively mode-locked laser diode with external CW light injection, remaining short pulse width (< 4 ps), low timing jitter of 0.18 ps, and low RIN value (< -130 dB/Hz).
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; 0.18 ps; 40 GHz; RIN; broad-band wavelength tuning; external CW light injection; monolithic actively mode-locked laser diode; short pulse width; timing jitter; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Pulse width modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2004. Conference Digest. 2004 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location :
Matsue-shi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8627-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2004.1382771
