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Asymmetric Colliding-Pulse Mode-Locking in InGaAsP Semiconductor Lasers

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Asymmetric colliding-pulse mode-locking was successfully demonstrated in an InGaAsP laser. This laser had a single saturable absorber section located partway along the cavity length, and showed mode-locking operation at harmonics of the cavity roundtrip frequency. The method verified that optical pulse repetition up to subterahertz rates can be generated with nearly 1-mm-long mode-locked InGaAsP lasers.

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  1. Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 34 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, 305, Japan

    Takanori Shimizu, Xinglong Wang & Hiroyuki Yokoyama

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Shimizu, T., Wang, X. & Yokoyama, H. Asymmetric Colliding-Pulse Mode-Locking in InGaAsP Semiconductor Lasers. OPT REV 2, 401–403 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-995-0401-7

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