Short optical pulse generated by integrated MQW DBR laser/EA-modulator

Young-Kai Chen; Tawee Tanbun-Ek; Ralph A. Logan; A. R. Tate; A. Michael Sergent; K. W. Wecht; Paul F. Sciortino Jr.; Gregory Raybon; Nan Moore Froberg; Anthony M. Johnson

doi:10.1117/12.175837

16 May 1994 Short optical pulse generated by integrated MQW DBR laser/EA-modulator

Young-Kai Chen, Tawee Tanbun-Ek, Ralph A. Logan, A. R. Tate, A. Michael Sergent, K. W. Wecht, Paul F. Sciortino Jr., Gregory Raybon, Nan Moore Froberg, Anthony M. Johnson

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Proceedings Volume 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175837
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We report on the generation of short optical pulses by utilizing the non-linear absorption characteristics of a multiple quantum well (MQW) electro-absorption modulator, which is monolithically integrated with a MQW wavelength-tunable distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser on a single chip. Optical pulses as short as 39 ps and 15 ps have been generated at a repetition rate of 3 GHz and 10 GHz, respectively, with a broad tuning range of 5.4 nm near 1554 nm lasing wavelength.

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Young-Kai Chen, Tawee Tanbun-Ek, Ralph A. Logan, A. R. Tate, A. Michael Sergent, K. W. Wecht, Paul F. Sciortino Jr., Gregory Raybon, Nan Moore Froberg, and Anthony M. Johnson "Short optical pulse generated by integrated MQW DBR laser/EA-modulator", Proc. SPIE 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses, (16 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175837

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