Mode-locking of long cavity Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser at millimetre wave frequencies by subharmonic optical injection

Authors
Wen, YJ Novak, D Liu, HF
Citation
Yj. Wen et al., Mode-locking of long cavity Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser at millimetre wave frequencies by subharmonic optical injection, ELECTR LETT, 36(10), 2000, pp. 879-881
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00135194 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
10
Year of publication
2000
Pages
879 - 881
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(20000511)36:10<879:MOLCFS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A long cavity Fabry-Perot laser has been forced into pulsed operation with a repetition rate equal to its cavity resonant frequency (32.8GHz), by inje cting short optical pulses at the fourth subharmonic (8.2GHz). Pulse trains generated using this technique exhibit a high subharmonic suppression rati o (> 17dB), wide locking range (> 500MHz) and low levels of jitter (< 0.4ps ).