Abstract

A novel method for producing high-speed picosecond optical pulses from semiconductor laser diodes that uses incoherent optical feedback is proposed. The incoherent optical feedback provides a successive pulselike modulation in carrier density and drives the system to a self-sustained pulsation state whose repetition rate is determined by relaxation oscillations.

© 1991 Optical Society of America

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Kenju Otsuka and Jyh-Long Chern, "High-speed picosecond pulse generation in semiconductor lasers with incoherent optical feedback: erratum," Opt. Lett. 17, 763-763 (1992)
https://www.osapublishing.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-17-10-763
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