Ultrashort Q-switched pulses from a passively mode-locked distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor laser

Michael J Strain; Marco Zanola; G Mezösi; Marc Sorel

doi:10.1364/OL.37.004732

Ultrashort Q-switched pulses from a passively mode-locked distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor laser

Michael J Strain, Marco Zanola, G Mezösi, Marc Sorel

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Abstract

A compact semiconductor mode-locked laser (MLL) is presented that demonstrates strong passive Q-switched mode-locking over a wide range of drive conditions. The Q-switched frequency is tunable between 1 and 4 GHz for mode-locked pulses widths around 3.5 ps. The maximum ratio of peak to average power of the pulse-train is >120, greatly exceeding that of similarly sized passively MLLs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4732-4734
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	37
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.004732
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2012

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semiconductor laser
Bragg reflector

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Ultrashort Q-switched pulses from a passively mode-locked distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor laser

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