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
fDate :
11/9/2000 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001376
