Title :
A study of the chirping of a single-sideband mode-locked laser
Author :
McDUFF, Odis P. ; Thati, Dinesh ; Shetty, Roshan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract :
A complete nonlinear analysis of the chirping of a single-sideband mode-locked laser is presented. The analysis shows how the optical frequency of a single-sideband mode-locked laser can depend upon the operating conditions. For the homogeneously broadened laser studied, the performance can be enhanced by increasing the modulation level. The optical frequency shift is very sensitive to the frequency tuning of the oscillator
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser theory; semiconductor junction lasers; homogeneously broadened laser; laser chirping; modulation level; nonlinear analysis; operating conditions; optical frequency shift; oscillator tuning; semiconductor junction lasers; single-sideband mode-locked laser; Chirp; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '91., IEEE Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Williamsburg, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0033-5
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1991.147758
