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Published June 1, 1996 | public
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Supermodes of high-repetition-rate passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers

Abstract

We present a steady-state analysis of high-repetition-rate passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers. The analysis includes effects of amplitude-to-phase coupling in both gain and absorber sections. A many-mode eigenvalue approach is presented to obtain supermode solutions. Using a nearest-neighbor mode coupling approximation, chirp-free pulse generation and electrically chirp-controlled operation are explained for the first time. The presence of a nonzero alpha parameter is found to change the symmetry of the supermode and significantly reduce the mode-locking range over which the lowest order supermode remains the minimum gain solution. An increase in absorber strength tends to lead to downchirped pulses. The effects of individual laser parameters are considered, and agreement with recent experimental results is discussed.

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© 1996 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE." Manuscript received August 1, 1995; revised January 30, 1996. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant ECS-9001272 and by ARPA and the Office of Naval Research under Grant N00014-91-J-1195.

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