Stability of harmonically driven mode-locked semiconductor lasers

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

doi:10.1063/1.105670

Stability of harmonically driven mode-locked semiconductor lasers

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

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Previous reports of harmonically driven mode-locked semiconductor lasers have indicated that the intensity correlation between adjacent pulses has a contrast ratio of two, rather than three as expected for mode-locked pulses. We show that this reduced contrast ratio is a result of pulse instabilities in harmonically driven mode-locked lasers. By setting the rf drive frequency to the stable operating condition, stable pulses with a contrast ratio of three have been obtained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3527-3529
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	59
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.105670
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1991
Externally published	Yes

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