Title :
Colliding pulse mode-locked lasers on semi-insulating substrate at 1.5 μm
Author :
Lee, H.K. ; Street, M.W. ; McDougall, S.D. ; Avrutin, E.A. ; Bryce, A.C. ; Marsh, J.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
Abstract :
Colliding pulse mode-locked lasers operating at 1.5 μm were fabricated on a semi-insulating substrate, which should allow direct modulation of the saturable absorber at a sub-harmonic frequency using an electrical signal more efficiently
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; 1.5 micron; colliding pulse mode-locked lasers; direct modulation; optical pulse generation; saturable absorber; semi-insulating substrate; Frequency; Indium gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Parasitic capacitance; Pulse modulation; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Oxford
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6455-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2000.889818
