SUSTAINED OSCILLATIONS IN GAINP ALGAINP VISIBLE DIODE-LASERS

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作者
TATUM, JA [1 ]
MACFARLANE, DL [1 ]
SERREZE, HB [1 ]
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[1] MCDONNELL DOUGLAS ELECTR SYST CO, CTR OPTOELECTR, ELMSFORD, NY 10523 USA
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10.1007/BF00367945
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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We report the observation of sustained oscillations and pulsation behaviour in various GaInP/AlGaInP 670 nm diode lasers. We present experimental dependences of the oscillation strength and frequency as functions of diode structure, temperature and drive current. We explore the resonant excitation of this oscillation using both an r.f. current signal and a tunable-repetition-rate picosecond laser source. When a diode laser with a weak internal oscillation is coupled to an external cavity, strong pulsing behaviour is observed, and we attribute this behaviour to self-mode-locking.
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