Title :
A nonlinear study of the coupled-cavity effects in a mode-locked diode laser
Author :
McDUFF, Odis P. ; Thati, Dinesh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract :
The drive-current-induced forced mode locking of a diode laser with an external cavity was studied by nonlinear analysis. The coupled-cavity effects were studied without having to assume in advance the type of solution to the coupled-mode equations. It is shown that, with homogeneous saturation, a set of modes may exist which quenches all other sets. If multiple mode sets do exist, they produce separate pulses which beat together to produce an output pulse with many lobes
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; semiconductor junction lasers; coupled-cavity effects; drive-current-induced forced mode locking; external cavity; homogeneous saturation; lobes; mode-locked diode laser; nonlinear analysis; output pulse; Diode lasers; Equations; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '89. Proceedings. Energy and Information Technologies in the Southeast., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Columbia, SC
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1989.132566
