CONDITION FOR SHORT PULSE GENERATION IN ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY MODE-LOCKING OF SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

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LAU, KY [1 ]
PASLASKI, J [1 ]
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[1] ORTEL CORP,ALHAMBRA,CA 91803
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10.1109/68.97831
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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This letter presents experimental and theoretical results which indicates that while it is possible to generate short optical pulses of a few picosecond in ultrahigh frequency mode-locked semiconductor lasers, it is difficult to generate very short pulses (--> 1 ps) without the simultaneous occurrence of a low frequency (a few gigahertz) self-pulsation envelope modulating the pulse-train.
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