Synchronized harmonic frequency mode-locking with laser diodes through optical pulse train injection

Author

Wang, Xinglong ; Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ; Shimizu, Takanori

Author_Institution

Opto-Electron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

8

Issue

5

fYear

1996

fDate

5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

617

Lastpage

619

Abstract

An ultrahigh-frequency optical pulse train from a monolithic mode-locked laser diode was stabilized by a novel method. When a stabilized optical pulse train was injected into a passively mode-locked laser diode whose repetition frequency was an integer multiple of the injected one, the output optical pulse train was harmonically synchronized and highly stabilized. This kind of operation was observed up to 40 GHz with 1 GHz optical pulse injection.

Keywords

laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; synchronisation; monolithic mode-locked laser diode; optical pulse injection; optical pulse train injection; output optical pulse train; passively mode-locked laser diode; repetition frequency; stabilized optical pulse train; synchronized harmonic frequency mode-locking; ultrahigh-frequency optical pulse train; Diode lasers; Frequency synchronization; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.491557

Filename

491557