High-repetition-rate pulse generation using dual-mode self-injection locking in a Fabry-Perot laser diode

Xiaohui Fang; Ping Kong Alexander Wai; Chao Lu; Hwa Yaw Tam; Xinyong Dong

doi:10.1117/1.3456597

High-repetition-rate pulse generation using dual-mode self-injection locking in a Fabry-Perot laser diode

Xiaohui Fang, Ping Kong Alexander Wai, Chao Lu, Hwa Yaw Tam, Xinyong Dong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

A novel and simple method is presented to generate a tunable high-repetition-rate pulse train based on dual-mode self-injection locking of a Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD). Two fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are used in the experiment as feedback components. The two self-injection-locked modes evolve into a high-power, high-repetition-rate pulse train through the interplay between self-phase modulation and anomalous dispersion in a highly nonlinear fiber. A 139.6-GHz transform-limited pulse train with a peak power of 120 mW is generated. The pulsewidth is 1.7 ps, and the time-bandwidth product is 0.31. The repetition rate can be tuned by tuning the Bragg wavelengths of one of the two or both FBGs to coincide with other FP-LD modes. The output pulse is stable.

Original language	English
Article number	074201
Journal	Optical Engineering
Volume	49
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3456597
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2010

Keywords

Fabry-Perot laser diode
high-repetition-rate pulse train
self-injection locking
transform-limited pulse train

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Engineering

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