Modelocking of Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser by subharmonic optical injection

Authors
Traynor, NJ Liu, HF Novak, D
Citation
Nj. Traynor et al., Modelocking of Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser by subharmonic optical injection, ELECTR LETT, 35(7), 1999, pp. 566-567
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00135194 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
566 - 567
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(19990401)35:7<566:MOFSLB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A novel scheme is presented for modelocking a Fabry-Perot semiconductor las er. This scheme is based on the optical injection of short optical pulses a t a repetition frequency matched to one of the subharmonics of the cavity r ound-trip frequency. It is observed that the harmonic component of the inje cted pulse train is enhanced by the cavity resonance sufficiently to drive the output of the semiconductor laser into pulsed operation.