Cyclic wavelength jitter in actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers

31 January 1991

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 27 (3) , 220-222
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19910143

Abstract

Large spectral broadening has been observed in an actively mode-locked semiconductor laser tuned for minimum average pulsewidth. Numerical simulations show that the spectral broadening was a result of cyclic wavelength variations associated with large amplitude and timing instabilities.

Keywords

ACTIVELY MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
ACTIVE MODE LOCKING
CYCLIC WAVELENGTH VARIATIONS
TUNED FOR MINIMUM AVERAGE PULSEWIDTH
SPECTRAL BROADENING
CYCLIC WAVELENGTH JITTER
AMPLITUDE INSTABILITY
TIMING INSTABILITIES

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