20 NM WAVELENGTH TUNABLE SINGLEMODE PICOSECOND PULSE GENERATION AT 1.3-MU-M BY SELF-SEEDED GAIN-SWITCHED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER

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作者
SCHELL, M [1 ]
HUHSE, D [1 ]
WEBER, AG [1 ]
FISCHBECK, G [1 ]
BIMBERG, D [1 ]
TARASOV, DS [1 ]
GORBACHOV, AV [1 ]
GARBUZOV, DZ [1 ]
机构
[1] AF IOFFE PHYSICOTECH INST,ST PETERSBURG,USSR
关键词
PULSE GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19921383
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A back reflection of less than 0.25% of the monochromatised emitted power of a gain switched laser diode is shown to switch the laser from longitudinal multimode to singlemode pulsed operation. The pulse shape (FWHM = 45 ps) is not affected by the feedback. A wavelength detuning of 20 nm with a sidemode suppression ratio better than 13 dB and a peak value of 22 dB were found from a simple experimental setup using a 9 : 1 fibre coupler and an external grating.
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页码:2154 / 2155
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