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A method of tunable, high repetition-rate optical pulse generation by using optical injection locking of semiconductor lasers has been described in this paper. This method utilizes the superposition of five coherent optical carriers obtained from the spectrum of optical phase modulation, which results in a sharp optical pulse. Theoretical calculations indicate that a pulse width of 1 ps and a repetition rate of 200 GHz can be achieved for a modulator drive frequency of 40 GHz.
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Das, S., Chattopadhyay, T. A method of tunable high repetition-rate picosecond optical pulse generation using injection locking of laser diodes. Appl. Phys. B 83, 549–551 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2181-6
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