Title :
10 GHz active mode-locking of a 1.3 ¿m ridge-waveguide laser in an optical-fibre cavity
Author :
Tucker, Rodney ; Eisenstein, Gadi ; Kaminow, I.P.
Author_Institution :
Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Loboratory, Holmdel, USA
Abstract :
Active mode-locking of a 1.3 ¿m ridge-waveguide laser in a multimode optical fibre resonator is reported. Transform-limited pulses of 30 ps duration have been generated at repetition rates of up to 10 GHz.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; fibre optics; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; semiconductor junction lasers; 1.3 micron ridge waveguide laser; 10 GHz active mode-locking; InGaAsP laser; multimode optical fibre resonator; optical-fibre cavity; semiconductor laser; transform limited pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830374
