HIGH-SPEED PICOSECOND PULSE GENERATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS WITH INCOHERENT OPTICAL FEEDBACK

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作者
OTSUKA, K
CHERN, JL
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[1] NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Musashino-shi, Tokyo
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10.1364/OL.16.001759
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A novel method for producing high-speed picosecond optical pulses from semiconductor laser diodes that uses incoherent optical feedback is proposed. The incoherent optical feedback provides a successive pulselike modulation in carrier density and drives the system to a self-sustained pulsation state whose repetition rate is determined by relaxation oscillations.
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页码:1759 / 1761
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