Ultralow chirping short optical pulse (16 ps) generation in gain-coupled distributed feedback semiconductor lasers
Luo, Y. ; Takahashi, R. ; Nakano, Y. ; Tada, K. ; Kamiya, T. ; Hosomatsu, H. ; Iwaoka, H.
Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1991
Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1991
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1077-3118
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AIP Digital Archive
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Physics
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We describe optical short pulse generation in novel gain-coupled distributed feedback (GC-DFB) semiconductor lasers by using a simple electrically pumped gain switching method. An optical pulse as short as 16 ps has been obtained from a 130 ps current pulse. The most exciting result is that the lasers keep single longitudinal mode oscillation with very low wavelength chirping (∼0.12 nm) during the gain switching operation. From the optical pulse width and the amount of the wavelength chirping, we have estimated the α parameter of the GC-DFB laser to be less than 1.6.
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Electronic Resource
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