DocumentCode
1088335
Title
Theory of active mode locking of a semiconductor laser in an external cavity
Author
Yeung, John Au
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Volume
17
Issue
3
fYear
1981
fDate
3/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
398
Lastpage
404
Abstract
An analytical treatment is given for the active mode locking of a semiconductor laser in an external resonator. The width of the mode-locked pulses is obtained as a function of the laser and cavity parameters and the amount of frequency detuning. The effects of self-modulation and saturation are included in the treatment. The pulse output is compared with that obtained by a strong modulation of the laser diode with no external cavity.
Keywords
Laser resonators; Mode locked lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1981.1071109
Filename
1071109
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