Title :
Near-terahertz passive harmonic modelocking in monolithic compound-cavity laser diodes
Author :
Yanson, D.A. ; Street, M.W. ; Avrutin, E.A. ; McDougall, S.D. ; Thayne, L.G. ; Marsh, J.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Glasgow Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report modelocking rates of up to 620 GHz from what is, to our knowledge, the first purpose fabricated monolithic compound cavity mode locked (CCM) laser diodes at 0.86 μm. The experiments here were performed with 3-section GaAs-AlGaAs double quantum-well ridge-waveguide laser diodes, incorporating a saturable absorber and two gain sections, with an etched reflector between them
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser transitions; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; ridge waveguides; waveguide lasers; 0.86 mum; 3-section GaAs-AlGaAs double quantum-well ridge-waveguide laser diodes; GaAs-AlGaAs; etched reflector; gain sections; modelocking rates; monolithic compound cavity mode locked laser diodes; monolithic compound-cavity laser diodes; near-terahertz passive harmonic modelocking; saturable absorber; Diode lasers; Etching; Heating; Local oscillators; Optical harmonic generation; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rio Grande
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5947-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2000.893902
