Detailed Comparison of Injection-Seeded and Self-Seeded Performance of a 1060-nm Gain-Switched Fabry–PÉrot Laser Diode

Author

Vu, K.T. ; Malinowski, Andrew ; Roelens, Michaël A F ; Richardson, David J.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Canberra, ACT

Volume

44

Issue

7

fYear

2008

fDate

7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

645

Lastpage

651

Abstract

We investigate and compare the performance of a gain-switched picosecond Fabry-Perot laser diode operated at 1.06 mum under both injection- and self-seeded conditions. Our experiments show that comparable performance can be obtained for both modes of operation, with the self-seeding arrangement offering overall benefits in terms of reduced system complexity and cost, providing the associated quantization of available pulse repetition rate can be tolerated.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; Fabry-Perot resonators; III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; InGaAsP; fiber Bragg grating; gain-switched picosecond Fabry-Perot laser diode; injection-seeded condition; optical pulse generation; pulse repetition rate; self-seeded condition; semiconductor lasers; wavelength 1.06 mum; Costs; Diode lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Fiber Bragg grating; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2008.922322

Filename

4511494