20 GHz active mode-locking of a 1.55-micron InGaAsP laser
Abstract
Active mode-locking in a 1.55-micron InGaAsP laser has been demonstrated at repetition rates up to 20 GHz. Since the pulse-width is on the order of 5 ps, mode-locking at rates well above this rate without overlap between adjacent pulses should be possible. The bandwidth-limiting electrical parasitics in the laser chip and package will be the main limitations on operation at higher repetition rates.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- March 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1049/el:19850171
- Bibcode:
- 1985ElL....21..239T
- Keywords:
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- Gallium Arsenide Lasers;
- Indium Phosphides;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Laser Mode Locking;
- Semiconductor Lasers;
- Bandwidth;
- Heterojunction Devices;
- Pulse Duration;
- Pulse Repetition Rate;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers