Title :
Two contact, 1 cm long, monolithic extended cavity laser actively mode-locked at 4.4 GHz
Author :
Raybon, G. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Koren, U. ; Miller, B.I. ; Young, Matthew G. ; Newkirk, M. ; Iannone, P.P. ; Burrus, C.A. ; Centanni, J.C. ; Zirngibl, M.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A 1.0 cm long, two contact, monolithic extended-cavity laser has been fabricated and actively mode-locked at a repetition rate of 4.4 GHz to produce 9.0 ps optical pulses. Doubling of the optical pulse repetition rate of 8.8 GHz without changing the sinusoidal drive frequency is achieved by synchronously modulating two separate active regions.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; 1 cm; 4.4 GHz; 9 ps; InGaAs-InGaAsP active regions; active mode locking; monolithic extended cavity laser; optical pulses; repetition rate; sinusoidal drive frequency; small signal frequency response; synchronous modulation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19921426
