Self-pulsation in multisection laser diodes with a DFB reflector |
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| Authors: | Young Ahn Leem Dae-Su Yee E Sim Sung-Bock Kim Dong Churl Kim Kyung Hyun Park |
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| Affiliation: | Opt. Devices Res. Dept., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea; |
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| Abstract: | A novel self-pulsation regime is observed in multisection laser diodes which consist of a loss-coupled distributed-feedback (DFB) section, a phase control section, and gain sections, where 10-GHz self-pulsation due to compound cavity mode beating has been reported with the DFB section operated as a single-mode laser. When the DFB section is below threshold current, the devices give the self-pulsation in a very wide operating range. We attribute the pulsation to passive mode-locking and also confirm that this structure is applicable to 40-GHz operation. |
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