Title :
Mode locked semiconductor lasers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Mode locked lasers are a compact, inexpensive source of optical pulses. Currently, some problems with semiconductor sources are low output power, self phase modulation, secondary pulse formation, and timing jitter. These problems are addressed here
Keywords :
jitter; laser mode locking; light sources; optical modulation; phase modulation; reflectivity; semiconductor lasers; compact inexpensive source; low output power; mode locked semiconductor lasers; optical pulses; secondary pulse formation; self phase modulation; semiconductor laser sources; timing jitter; Chirp; Laser mode locking; Optical feedback; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Reflectivity; Semiconductor lasers; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379050
