• DocumentCode
    1049081
  • Title

    Dual-wavelength picosecond optical pulse generation using an actively mode-locked multichannel grating cavity laser

  • Author

    Zhu, B. ; Nyairo, K.O. ; White, I.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Bath Univ., UK
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    348
  • Lastpage
    351
  • Abstract
    Picosecond pulse generation by active mode locking has been achieved simultaneously at two wavelengths using a multichannel grating cavity Laser. For a spectral channel separation of 2.2 nm, pulses of duration of 60 ps and with a spectral width of 11 GHz have been obtained. The pulse widths are limited by the spectral dispersion of the grating used.<>
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; semiconductor laser arrays; 1.5 micron; 2.2 nm; 60 ps; InGaAsP-InP; actively mode-locked multichannel grating cavity laser; dual-wavelength picosecond optical pulse generation; laser array; pulse widths; spectral channel separation; spectral dispersion; spectral width; Frequency; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.275485
  • Filename
    275485