• DocumentCode
    1318890
  • Title

    Cyclic wavelength jitter in actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers

  • Author

    Onodera, Naoyuki ; Lowery, Arthur J. ; Tucker, Rodney

  • Author_Institution
    Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    220
  • Lastpage
    222
  • Abstract
    Large spectral broadening has been observed in an actively mode-locked semiconductor laser tuned for minimum average pulsewidth. Numerical simulations show that the spectral broadening was a result of cyclic wavelength variations associated with large amplitude and timing instabilities.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; semiconductor junction lasers; active mode locking; actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers; amplitude instability; cyclic wavelength jitter; cyclic wavelength variations; spectral broadening; timing instabilities; tuned for minimum average pulsewidth;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910143
  • Filename
    83221