Title :
AlGaInAs mode-locked lasers for ultrashort pulse harmonic mode locking
Author :
Hou, Lianping ; Avrutin, Eugene A. ; Dylewicz, Rafal ; Haji, Mohsin ; Qiu, Bocang ; Bryce, A. Catrina
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Monolithic AlInGaAs compound-cavity lasers for harmonic ML at multi-GHz frequencies have been fabricated and assessed. Optical pulses of ~1 ps long at 160 GHz have been obtained. The optimal cavity and reflector design has been investigated experimentally and theoretically.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; AlGaInAs; frequency 160 GHz; mode-locked lasers; monolithic compound-cavity lasers; optimal cavity design; reflector design; ultrashort pulse harmonic mode locking; Cavity resonators; Harmonic analysis; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Reflectivity; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers; ML; compound cavities; laser diodes; ultrafast pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5971055
