Title :
Picosecond Q-switched bow-tie laser diode array
Author :
Khrushchev, I.Y. ; Kitcher, D.J. ; Williams, K.A. ; White, I.H. ; Laughton, F.R. ; Penty, R.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
fDate :
2/27/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical pulses of <20 ps duration and up to 400 pJ energy have been obtained for the first time from a Q-switched integrated array of five GaAs-AlGaAs bow-tie lasers. A timing jitter of <2ps has been observed
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Q-switching; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; jitter; semiconductor laser arrays; 20 ps; 400 pJ; GaAs-AlGaAs; bow-tie laser diode array; optical pulses; picosecond Q-switched LD array; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970268
