Title :
Characteristic switching-on and passive mode-locking times in a quantum-dash Fabry-Pérot laser diode
Author :
Maldonado-Basilio, Ramón ; Parra-Cetina, Josué ; Latkowski, Sylwester ; Calabretta, Nicola ; Landais, Pascal
Author_Institution :
RINCE Inst., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
In this paper, we present the experimental investigation of the switching-on and passive mode-locking times of a Fabry-Pérot quantum dash laser diode. Their values are 30ns and 8ns respectively. These times are measured in order to study the phenomenon of mode-locking in this device and its potential application for packet switching networks.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; Fabry-Pérot quantum dash laser diode; packet switching networks; passive mode-locking times; switching-on times; time 30 ns; time 8 ns; Clocks; Diode lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Semiconductor lasers; Passively mode-locked lasers; all optical networks; packet switching networks; quantum dash laser;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254429