Analysis of dynamics of monolithic passively mode-locked laser diodes under external periodic excitation

Author

Avrutin, E.A. ; Arnold, J.M. ; Marsh, J.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK

Volume

143

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

81

Lastpage

88

Abstract

A distributed time-domain model is used for numerical analysis of the dynamics of a passively mode-locked laser diode under external modulation at a frequency close to the round-trip frequency of the laser. Dynamical regimes of the laser, such as synchronisation locking, quasilocking and RF frequency mixing, are studied. For the locked regime, steady-state parameters are defined, the crucial role of group-velocity dispersion in achieving locking is demonstrated and stages of the locking dynamics and corresponding time constants are identified

Keywords

integrated optics; laser mode locking; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; synchronisation; time-domain analysis; RF frequency mixing; distributed time-domain model; dynamical regimes; external modulation; external periodic excitation; group-velocity dispersion; locked regime; locking dynamics; monolithic passively mode-locked laser diodes; numerical analysis; quasilocking; round-trip frequency; steady-state parameters; synchronisation locking; time constants;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2433

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-opt:19960175

Filename

487681