Title :
A Low Repetition Rate All-Active Monolithic Passively Mode-Locked Quantum-Dot Laser
Author :
Li, Yan ; Breivik, Magnus ; Feng, Cheng-Yong ; Fimland, Bjørn-Ove ; Lester, Luke F.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
7/15/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A passively mode-locked laser with a 2.1-GHz fundamental repetition rate is demonstrated using a 20-mm-long monolithic two-section quantum-dot laser. A pulsewidth as short as 15.4 ps was measured using a high-speed sampling scope. The product of the peak power and average power in this laser is treated theoretically and shown experimentally to nearly double by roughly quadrupling the cavity length.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; quantum dot lasers; all-active monolithic passively mode-locked quantum-dot laser; cavity length; frequency 2.1 GHz; fundamental repetition rate; high-speed sampling scope; laser power; laser pulsewidth; monolithic two-section quantum-dot laser; size 20 mm; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Optical saturation; Quantum dot lasers; Mode-locked lasers (MLLs); quantum-dot (QD) lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2011.2151281
