GENERATION OF WAVELENGTH TUNABLE GAIN-SWITCHED PULSES FROM FP MQW LASERS WITH EXTERNAL INJECTION SEEDING

Authors
MATSUI Y KUTSUZAWA S ARAHIRA S OGAWA Y
Citation
Y. Matsui et al., GENERATION OF WAVELENGTH TUNABLE GAIN-SWITCHED PULSES FROM FP MQW LASERS WITH EXTERNAL INJECTION SEEDING, IEEE photonics technology letters, 9(8), 1997, pp. 1087-1089
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
9
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1087 - 1089
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1997)9:8<1087:GOWTGP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
High-repetition rate (20 GHz), wavelength tunable (40 nm) optical puls es have been generated by gain switching of 1.55-mu m Fabry-Perot (FP) multiple-quantum-well (MQW) lasers using continuous-wave (CW) light i njection for longitudinal mode. selection, After fiber compression, a pulse duration shorter than 5.8 ps was obtained over the entire wavele ngth tuning range, The pulsewidth, chirping characteristics and side-m ode suppression ratio were investigated as functions of the seeding po wer and wavelength. In addition, we report on the observation of chaos and period doubling for a gain-switched laser without injection seedi ng, and show that irregular behavior can be suppressed by injection se eding of the laser.