DocumentCode
1500720
Title
Transition to pulsed operation in short external-cavity FM semiconductor lasers
Author
Spencer, P.S. ; Kane, D.M. ; Shore, K.A.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Syst., Univ. of Wales, Bangor, UK
Volume
35
Issue
5
fYear
1999
fDate
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
788
Lastpage
793
Abstract
Conditions are established for the occurrence of a transition from FM operation to pulsed output in short external-cavity FM semiconductor lasers. It is shown that there are dual operating points around which FM operation is possible. The position of the modulation frequency in relation to these two FM operating frequencies determines the type of behavior exhibited by the configuration. In particular, pulsed and mixed pulsed-FM behavior is observed when the modulation frequency is between the two possible FM operating frequencies
Keywords
frequency modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser modes; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; FM operating frequencies; FM operation; dual operating points; mixed pulsed-FM behavior; modulation frequency; pulsed operation; short external-cavity FM semiconductor lasers; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser feedback; Laser transitions; Optical feedback; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers; State feedback;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.760327
Filename
760327
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