Abstract
Harmonic repetition frequency pulses of 500 GHZ, and subsequently 1.54 THz, were generated from a mode-locked laser diode with a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) section and a fundamental frequency of 38 GHz. The structure of the device was simulated using a complex electric field rate equation simulator based on a previously developed photon density model with filter extension. The dynamics of the establishment and stabilization of mode-locking were investigated, and the ratio of the whole cavity length to DBR length was found to exert a significant influence on harmonic mode locking when the facet reflectivities on the absorber and DBR sides of the laser diode are less than 30%. These results were found to agree with previous experimental results.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 82-83 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS |
| Volume | 2 |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 9th Annual Meeting of IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS'96. Part 2 (of 2) - Boston, MA, USA Duration: Nov 18 1996 → Nov 21 1996 |