Generation Of Sub-Picosecond Pulses From Mode Locked Algaas Semiconductor Lasers

J. P. van der Ziel

doi:10.1117/12.966072

28 November 1983 Generation Of Sub-Picosecond Pulses From Mode Locked Algaas Semiconductor Lasers

J. P. van der Ziel

Proceedings Volume 0439, Picosecond Optoelectronics; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966072
Event: 27th Annual Technical Symposium, 1983, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The pulse widths obtained from AlGaAs lasers have been reduced to the subpicosecond regime by passive and active mode locking of AlGaAs lasers containing a region of saturable absorption in an external cavity. Bursts of 4 pulses each of 0.65 psec long and separated by the 11 psec round trip time through the laser have been obtained by passive mode locking using a linear external cavity. By inserting a bandwidth limiting element in the cavity, the pulse width increased to ~ 20 psec. The widths obtained are in reasonable agreement with a theoretical model and correspond to dispersion and bandwidth limited propagation, respectively. Pulses as short as 0.56 psec have been obtained by the colliding pulse technique using a ring geometry external cavity.

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J. P. van der Ziel "Generation Of Sub-Picosecond Pulses From Mode Locked Algaas Semiconductor Lasers", Proc. SPIE 0439, Picosecond Optoelectronics, (28 November 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966072

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