High power monolithic passively mode-locked slab-coupled optical waveguide lasers

Author

Gopinath, Juliet T. ; Plant, Jason J. ; Chann, Bien ; Huang, Robin K. ; Harris, Christopher ; Missaggia, Leo ; Donnelly, Joseph P. ; Juodawlkis, Paul W. ; Ripin, Daniel J.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A monolithic, electrically-pumped, passively mode-locked diode laser at 1550 nm with 58 pJ of pulse energy has been demonstrated. The laser produces 10-ps pulses at a 4-GHz repetition rate.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; integrated optics; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; electrically-pumped diode laser; energy 58 pJ; high-power monolithic passive mode-locking; laser pulse repetition rate; slab-coupled optical waveguide lasers; time 10 ps; wavelength 1550 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser mode locking; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers; (130.3120) Integrated optic devices; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (160.6000) Semiconductors, including MQW;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628009

Filename

4628009