• DocumentCode
    3066434
  • Title

    Efficient direct modulation of colliding pulse mode-locked lasers on semi-insulating substrate at 1.5 μm

  • Author

    Lee, H.K. ; Street, M.W. ; Thayne, I.G. ; Bryce, A.C. ; Marsh, J.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    163
  • Lastpage
    166
  • Abstract
    Colliding pulse mode-locked (CPM) lasers operating at 1.5 μm and with a repetition frequency of 36 GHz were fabricated on semi-insulating substrates. When the RF power injected into the saturable absorber at the fundamental frequency was as small as 9.0 dBm, hybrid CPM was observed. Linewidth-narrowing and pedestal suppression became pronounced for RF powers as low as 0 dBm
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; 1.5 micron; 36 GHz; RF power injection; colliding pulse mode-locked laser; direct modulation; hybrid CPM laser; linewidth narrowing; pedestal suppression; repetition frequency; saturable absorber; semi-insulating substrate; semiconductor laser; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Parasitic capacitance; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Performance Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelectronic Applications, 2000 8th IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Glasgow
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6550-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDMO.2000.919051
  • Filename
    919051