• DocumentCode
    2303069
  • Title

    Sub-picosecond pulse generation using fast saturable absorption in AlGaInAs/InP quantum wells

  • Author

    Haji, M. ; Hou, L. ; Kelly, A.E. ; Green, R. ; Mezosi, G. ; Javaloyes, J. ; Bryce, A.C. ; Arnold, J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    299
  • Lastpage
    300
  • Abstract
    Fast saturable absorber recovery times have been obtained in AlGaInAs/InP multiple quantum wells using the cross absorption modulation method for wavelength conversion. We report sub-picosecond pulse generation using a 40 GHz passively mode locked laser.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser mode locking; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; AlGaInAs-InP; absorption modulation method; cross absorption modulation; fast saturable absorption; frequency 40 GHz; multiple quantum well lasers; passively mode locked laser; subpicosecond pulse generation; wavelength conversion; AlGaInAs; absorption saturation; mode-locked laser; quantum well;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • ISSN
    -
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5368-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    -
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698878
  • Filename
    5698878