STABILITY OF HARMONICALLY DRIVEN MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

被引:4
作者
ONODERA, N
AHMED, Z
TUCKER, RS
LOWERY, AJ
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[1] Photonics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville
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10.1063/1.105670
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Previous reports of harmonically driven mode-locked semiconductor lasers have indicated that the intensity correlation between adjacent pulses has a contrast ratio of two, rather than three as expected for mode-locked pulses. We show that this reduced contrast ratio is a result of pulse instabilities in harmonically driven mode-locked lasers. By setting the rf drive frequency to the stable operating condition, stable pulses with a contrast ratio of three have been obtained.
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页码:3527 / 3529
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