Actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers using fibre Bragg grating external cavities : importance of apodization on performances

Celine Guignard (1, 2) , Pascal Besnard (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1) , Monique Thual (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 RINCE - Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering

The authors propose a simple source based on mode-locked semiconductor lasers using linearly chirped fibre Bragg gratings external cavities to generate transform-limited pulses. Effects of the apodisation of Bragg grating on the source performances are experimentally investigated.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Celine Guignard, Pascal Besnard, Jean-Claude Simon, Monique Thual. Actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers using fibre Bragg grating external cavities : importance of apodization on performances. SPIE Photonics Europe 2006, Apr 2006, Strasbourg, France. pp.Vol.6184, 61841R, ⟨10.1117/12.662416⟩. ⟨hal-00078803⟩