Coupled-cavity passive mode-locked injection laser

Author

Dianov, E.M. ; Okhotnikov, O.G.

Author_Institution

Gen. Phys. Inst., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, USSR

Volume

3

Issue

6

fYear

1991

fDate

6/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

499

Lastpage

500

Abstract

Experimental results on the observation of the self-initiating passive mode-locking operation of an injection laser with a nonlinear external-coupled-cavity configuration are presented. Michelson and Fabry-Perot cavity arrangements with similar laser diodes as both the gain medium and nonlinear element have been investigated. This technique can be used for generating short pulses with ultrahigh repetition rates without utilizing both high-modulation bandwidth laser diodes and ultrafast electronics, which do not require special saturable absorbers.<>

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; semiconductor junction lasers; Fabry-Perot cavity arrangements; Michelson cavity arrangements; coupled cavity passive mode locked injection laser; gain medium; high-modulation bandwidth laser diodes; nonlinear element; nonlinear external-coupled-cavity configuration; saturable absorbers; self-initiating passive mode-locking operation; short pulses; ultrafast electronics; ultrahigh repetition rates; Diode lasers; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.91013

Filename

91013