Title :
Travelling-wave modelling of optical feedback effect on mode-locked laser diodes and its reduction by amplifier-absorber modules.
Author :
Avrutin, E.A. ; Song, X. ; Russell, B.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of York, York
Abstract :
A numerical study of the influence of optical feedback on the dynamics of high-bit-rate mode-locked laser diodes is presented. A wide variety of dynamic regimes is discovered, which is qualitatively different to both single-frequency and self-pulsing lasers. The relation of the findings to the recent experimental results is discussed, and the potential of absorber-amplifier modules as optical isolators investigated.
Keywords :
laser feedback; semiconductor lasers; amplifier-absorber modules; high-bit-rate mode-locked laser diodes; optical feedback; self-pulsing lasers; single-frequency lasers; travelling-wave modelling; Diode lasers; Laser feedback; Laser noise; Laser stability; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Quantum dot lasers; Resonance; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2008. NUSOD '08. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nottingham
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2307-1
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2008.4668273
