Mode-locked repetition-rate feedback stabilization of semiconductor diode lasers

Roger J. Helkey; Alan Mar; Wei-Xiong Zou; D. Bruce Young; John Edward Bowers

doi:10.1117/12.147074

Translator Disclaimer

17 June 1993 Mode-locked repetition-rate feedback stabilization of semiconductor diode lasers

Roger J. Helkey, Alan Mar, Wei-Xiong Zou, D. Bruce Young, John Edward Bowers

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 1861, Ultrafast Pulse Generation and Spectroscopy; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147074
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Feedback stabilization of the pulse repetition rate is demonstrated for an external cavity mode- locked semiconductor diode laser. The design procedure for repetition rate feedback stabilization is described. We propose feedback stabilization as a method of pulse stabilization for high repetition rate monolithic devices. These monolithic devices are expected to play an important role in applications such as optical clock generation and millimeter-wave clock distribution, but previously no timing stabilization technique had been developed which could be used up to the maximum repetition rates.

Citation Download Citation

Roger J. Helkey, Alan Mar, Wei-Xiong Zou, D. Bruce Young, and John Edward Bowers "Mode-locked repetition-rate feedback stabilization of semiconductor diode lasers", Proc. SPIE 1861, Ultrafast Pulse Generation and Spectroscopy, (17 June 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147074

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE