LOCKING BANDWIDTH OF MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

被引:7
作者
ZHAI, L
LOWERY, AJ
AHMED, Z
ONODERA, N
TUCKER, RS
机构
[1] Photonics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville
关键词
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19920344
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Measurements on fundamentally-driven and harmonically-driven mode-locked lasers show that these lasers have low timing jitter when the RF drive frequency is tuned to within the 'locking bandwidth' of the fundamental of the cavity resonance frequency, or a harmonic of the frequency. It is shown that the locking bandwidth is determined by a new parameter termed the 'pull-in time'. The pull-in time is independent of the cavity length and the harmonic number of the drive.
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页码:545 / 546
页数:2
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