Temperature behaviour of pulse repetition frequency in passively mode-locked InGaAsP/InP laser diode - Experimental results and simple model

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1209-1214

  Tan, Wei Kiong ^a   Wong, Hin Yong ^b   Kelly, A E ^c   Sorel, Marc ^c   Marsh, John H ^d   Bryce, A C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Intense Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mode locked lasers; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor device modeling; Semiconductor lasers; Thermal factors

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CAVITY LENGTH; MODE-LOCKED LASER DIODES; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; THERMAL FACTORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 35348989319     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.905333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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