Soliton generation by active mode-locking of semiconductor lasers

Author

Hansen, P.B.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

273

Lastpage

274

Abstract

Soliton transmission over optical fibers is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the transmission capacity of future communication systems. Mode-locked monolithic semiconductor lasers are attractive sources for systems employing optical solitons. A monolithic laser device in which the cavity had been extended by means of a low-loss passive waveguide section is shown. This device includes a Bragg reflector which limits the bandwidth and prevents mode-locking in more than one cluster. Actively mode-locked it generates 20 ps pulses with a time-bandwidth product of 0.34

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; 20 ps; Bragg reflector; active mode-locking; communication systems; laser cavity; low-loss passive waveguide section; mode-locked monolithic semiconductor lasers; monolithic laser device; optical fibers; optical solitons; semiconductor lasers; soliton generation; soliton transmission; time-bandwidth product; transmission capacity; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor waveguides; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379053

Filename

379053