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

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.

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