Title :
Short optical pulse generation by FM mode-locking of a semiconductor laser diode
Author :
Nagar, R. ; Abraham, D. ; Tessler, N. ; Eisenstein, Gadi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Modern distributed Bragg reflector lasers offer a way to modulate the optical frequency. The use of these components as the amplifying medium in an external cavity laser structure, can produce a compound laser in which short optical pulses can be generated by FM mode locking. The authors report such a laser structure and the successful generation of picosecond pulses
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; frequency modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical modulation; FM mode locking; compound laser; distributed Bragg reflector laser; external cavity laser structure; generation of picosecond pulses; optical modulation; semiconductor laser diode; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Quantum well lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 1991. Proceedings., 17th Convention of
Conference_Location :
Tel Aviv
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-678-0
DOI :
10.1109/EEIS.1991.217675
