Title :
Mode-locked ring lasers using MQW-semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Furukawa, H. ; Yamaguchi, Y. ; Otsubo, T. ; Yamada, A. ; Taniguchi, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Res., Anritsu Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
This letter reports two types of mode-locked ring lasers using MQW-semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). One type is a direct modulation of MQW-SOAs, and the other is an external modulation using a LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder optical modulator
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical modulation; quantum well lasers; ring lasers; LiNbO3; LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder optical modulator; MQW-semiconductor optical amplifiers; direct modulation; external modulation; mode-locked ring lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Pulse modulation; Quantum well devices; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379051