title: Anticolliding design for monolithic passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers.
abstract: The performance of two-section, passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers is theoretically analyzed for different cavity designs. Placing the saturable absorber section close to an antireflection-coated facet leads to a substantial increase in output power and a reduction in amplitude and timing jitter. Moreover, it broadens the bias current region of stable passive mode-locking operation.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Fisica, Universitat de les Illes Baleares, Palma, Spain. julien.javaloyes@uib.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Javaloyes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balle