Title :
Passively mode-locked, picosecond pulse vertical cavity surface emitting diode laser at 15 GHz repetition rates
Author :
Zhang, Qiang ; Jasim, Khalil ; Nurmikko, AV ; Ippen, Erich ; Mooradian, Aram ; Carey, Glen ; Ha, Wonill
Author_Institution :
Div. of Eng., Brown Univ., Providence, RI, USA
Abstract :
We report a passively mode-locked vertical-cavity surface emitting laser diode (980 nm) at up to 15 GHz repetition rate with pulse duration of 15 psec, which incorporates a reverse-biased InGaAs multiple quantum well saturable absorber.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 15 GHz; 15 ps; 980 nm; InGaAs; passive mode-locking; picosecond pulse generation; reverse-biased InGaAs multiple quantum well saturable absorber; vertical cavity surface emitting diode laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
