Title :
Low-power optical control of period doubling in injection-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode
Author :
Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Liu, H.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
fDate :
3/29/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Reversible control of period doubling is demonstrated in an injection-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode. A continuous wave injection power of 0.03 mW is sufficient to control the pulse repetition frequency with a response faster than 100 ps
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; nonlinear optics; optical chaos; optical modulation; optical variables control; physical instrumentation control; semiconductor lasers; 0.03 mW; 100 ps; Fabry-Perot laser diode; continuous wave injection power; injection-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode; laser diode; low-power optical control; period doubling; period doubling control; pulse repetition frequency; reversible control;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010307