Title :
Electrically controlled pulse compression using a silicon waveguide
Author :
Gao, Shiming ; Tien, En-Kuang ; Huang, Yuewang ; Liu, Qiang ; He, Sailing ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Modern Opt. Instrum., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
The electrical control of pulse width in a two-photon absorption-based silicon pulse compressor is demonstrated. Approximately 30% improvement in pulse compression rate is experimentally measured under a forward voltage of 3.3 V.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; laser mode locking; optical pulse compression; optical waveguides; silicon; electrically controlled pulse compression; silicon waveguide; two-photon absorption-based silicon pulse compressor; voltage 3.3 V; Laser excitation; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Silicon; Voltage measurement; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
