Title :
Compact external-cavity semiconductor mode-locked laser with quantum-well-intermixed modulator and saturable absorber
Author :
Plant, Jason J. ; Klamkin, Jonathan ; Loh, William ; Grein, Matthew E. ; Yegnanarayanan, Sivasubramaniam ; Madison, Shannon M. ; Juodawlkis, Paul W.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a slab-coupled optical waveguide external-cavity mode-locked laser having unique bandedges for the amplifier, modulator and saturable absorber elements. An average output power of 50 mW and timing jitter of 254fs is achieved at 1.5-GHz.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; quantum well lasers; compact external cavity semiconductor laser; mode locked laser; power 50 mW; quantum well intermixed modulator; saturable absorber; slab coupled optical waveguide; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical fiber amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110769
