• DocumentCode
    1503928
  • Title

    Picosecond pulses (2 ps) from hybrid mode-locked AlGaAs QW lasers with integrated active waveguide cavities

  • Author

    Brovelli, L.R. ; Jackel, Heinz

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Res. Div., Zurich Res. Lab., Ruschlikon, Switzerland
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    6/6/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1104
  • Lastpage
    1106
  • Abstract
    Single ultrashort optical pulses (2 ps with 17.6 GHz repetition rate) have been generated with hybrid mode-locked monolithic GaAs/AlGaAs lasers at lambda =856 nm. Instead of an external cavity, long active waveguides were used as resonators with a roundtrip frequency of 5.9 GHz. Increasing the pump current in the waveguide far above transparency led to 10 ps pulses with a high peak power of 110 mW.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser transitions; optical waveguides; semiconductor junction lasers; 110 mW; 17.6 GHz; 2 to 10 ps; 5.9 GHz; 856 nm; GaAs-AlGaAs; hybrid mode-locked; integrated active waveguide cavities; picosecond pulses; quantum well type; resonators; semiconductor lasers; ultrashort optical pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910686
  • Filename
    76203