• DocumentCode
    1675159
  • Title

    Femtosecond semiconductor laser emitting high average power 175-GHz pulse train

  • Author

    Wilcox, Keith G. ; Quarterman, Adrian H. ; Apostolopoulos, Vasileios ; Morris, Oliver J. ; Head, C. Robin ; Turnbull, Andrew P. ; Beere, Harvey E. ; Farrer, Ian ; Ritchie, David A. ; Tropper, Anne C.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We describe a SESAM-mode-locked surface-emitting quantum well laser producing 400-fs pulses, with repetition frequency 175 GHz corresponding to the 117th harmonic of the external laser cavity, and average power 300 mW.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; quantum well lasers; SESAM-mode-locked surface-emitting quantum well laser; external laser cavity; femtosecond semiconductor laser; frequency 175 GHz; power 300 mW; pulse train; time 400 fs; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Power lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326467