Suppression of semiconductor laser pulsations using optical feedback from a fiber
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 51 (10) , 5252-5256
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.327478
Abstract
A novel optical feedback method is described for suppressing self-sustained pulsations in semiconductor lasers. Using an external cavity formed from a single segment of optical fiber about 1 cm long, a few percent of the light is coupled back into the laser cavity. All pulsations are suppressed, independently of the pulsation frequency. This behavior is predicted by a model which incorporates saturable absorption centers in the laser cavity.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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