temperature range. Stable mode-locking was observed at temperatures ranging from 20/spl
deg/C to 70/spl deg/C, with signal-to-noise ratios well over 20 dB and a-3-dB linewidth
smaller than 80 kHz. In the temperature range between 70/spl deg/C and 80/spl deg/C, the
mode-locking was less stable. It was found that in order to provide stable mode-locked
operation with increasing temperature, the reverse bias on the absorber section must be …