• DocumentCode
    1415271
  • Title

    Passive harmonic modelocking in monolithic compound-cavity laser diodes

  • Author

    Yanson, D.A. ; Street, M.W. ; Avrutin, E.A. ; McDougall, S.D. ; Thayne, I.G. ; Marsh, J.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11/9/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1930
  • Lastpage
    1931
  • Abstract
    Passive harmonic modelocking operation of novel compound-cavity laser diodes is demonstrated. The modelocking rates can be readily scaled up into the terahertz domain and enable applications in terahertz imaging, medicine, ultrafast optical links, and atmospheric sensing
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; laser beam applications; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fabrication; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; ridge waveguides; waveguide lasers; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum-well ridge-waveguide laser diodes; atmospheric sensing; compound-cavity laser diodes; double quantum-well ridge-waveguide laser diodes; etched reflector; fabrication; gain sections; medicine; modelocking rates; monolithic compound-cavity laser diodes; passive harmonic modelocking; passive harmonic modelocking operation; saturable absorber; terahertz domain; terahertz imaging; ultrafast optical links;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20001376
  • Filename
    888662
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1415271