Novel device for short-pulse generation using optoelectronic feedback

Paul J.A. Phelan; John Hegarty; Wolfgang E. Elsaesser

doi:10.1117/12.24569

1 February 1991 Novel device for short-pulse generation using optoelectronic feedback

Paul J.A. Phelan, John Hegarty, Wolfgang E. Elsaesser

Proceedings Volume 1362, Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications II: Device Physics and Applications; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.24569
Event: Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications, 1990, Aachen, Germany

Abstract

This work describes recent results investigating the operation of a novel device arrangement which is capable of being integrated using present optoelectronic materials. The system utilizes an external cavity laser diode and an avalanche photodiode (APD) in a feedback arrangement and is capable of providing a stable train of picosecond pulses without the use of saturable absorbers or external signal generators. The role of amplification in the electronic feedback circuit is examined in detail.

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Paul J.A. Phelan, John Hegarty, and Wolfgang E. Elsaesser "Novel device for short-pulse generation using optoelectronic feedback", Proc. SPIE 1362, Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications II: Device Physics and Applications, (1 February 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.24569

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