Actively mode-locked lasers integrated with electroabsorption modulators and chirped gratings

Author

Sato, Kenji ; Ishii, Hiroyuki ; Fotaka, I. ; Kondo, Yasuhiro ; Yamamoto, Mitsuo

Author_Institution

NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

13-18 Oct. 1996

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

58

Abstract

We have fabricated actively mode-locked lasers integrated with electroabsorption modulators and chirped gratings. A schematic drawing of the monolithic laser integrated with an EA modulator and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) is shown. Short pulses of less than 6 ps were generated over a wide frequency range from 18.9 GHz to 19.8 GHz.

Keywords

chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser mode locking; optical fabrication; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; 18.9 to 19.8 GHz; 6 ps; actively mode-locked lasers; chirped gratings; distributed Bragg reflector; electroabsorption modulators; integrated monolithic laser; short pulses; wide frequency range; Chirp modulation; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1996., 15th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Haifa, Israel

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3163-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISLC.1996.553746

Filename

553746