Abstract

Diode lasers with monolithically integrated intracavity loss modulators are of interest for applications in optical fiber communications and optical signal processing because of the potential for high-speed operation with full depth of modulation. An initial version of these lasers has been fabricated and tested at repetition rates up to 2.5 GHz, a limit imposed by the experimental apparatus.¹ We have developed a new model which predicts that this device is capable of operation at repetition rates of the order of several tens of gigahertz through a repetitive Q-switching process.

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