Frequency multiplication in actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers

N. Onodera; A. J. Lowery; L. Zhai; Z. Ahmed; R. S. Tucker

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Frequency multiplication in actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers

N. Onodera, A. J. Lowery, L. Zhai, Z. Ahmed, R. S. Tucker

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Abstract

We report a method that enables an external-cavity semiconductor laser to be actively mode locked at multiples of the radio frequency (rf) drive frequency. The key to this method is the choice of the relationship between the external cavity resonance frequency and the rf drive frequency. The repetition rate of the output pulses is the lowest common multiple of the external cavity resonance frequency and the rf modulation frequency. The method has been demonstrated in a laser with a cavity resonance frequency of 1 GHz; 17 GHz pulse streams were generated using rf drive frequencies of 8.49 and 5.67 GHz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1329-1331
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	62
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.108720
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1993
Externally published	Yes

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