Short pulse generation using multisegment mode-locked semiconductor lasers

Author

Derickson, Dennis J. ; Helkey, Roger J. ; Mar, Alan ; Karin, Judy R. ; Wasserbauer, John G. ; Bowers, John E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

28

Issue

10

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2186

Lastpage

2202

Abstract

Mode-locked semiconductor lasers which incorporate multiple contacting segments are found to give improved performance over single-segment designs. The functions of gain, saturable absorption, gain modulation, repetition rate tuning, wavelength tuning, and electrical pulse generation can be integrated on a single semiconductor chip. The optimization of the performance of mode-locked lasers in terms of material parameters, waveguiding parameters, electrical parasitics, and segment length is discussed experimentally and theoretically

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; electrical parasitics; electrical pulse generation; gain modulation; material parameters; multiple contacting segments; multisegment mode-locked semiconductor lasers; repetition rate tuning; saturable absorption; segment length; short pulse generation; single semiconductor chip; waveguiding parameters; wavelength tuning; Absorption; Contacts; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical design; Optical materials; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.159527

Filename

159527