Title :
High-power ultrafast laser diodes
Author :
Delfyett, Peter J. ; Florez, Leigh Thirion ; Stoffel, N. ; Gmitter, T. ; Andreadakis, Nicholas C. ; Silberberg, Yaron ; Heritage, Jonathan P. ; Alphonse, Gerard A.
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
fDate :
10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Several ultrafast optical pulse generation techniques utilizing external cavity semiconductor lasers are described. These techniques include active mode locking, passive mode locking, hybrid mode locking, and several chirp compensation techniques. Utilizing these techniques, optical pulses of 200 fs in duration with over 160 W of peak power have been generated, making these pulses both the shortest and most intense ever generated with a semiconductor injection diode laser system. These pulses have been used to study the ultrafast amplification characteristics of semiconductor lasers. The results presented reveal the nature of the effects which dominate the pulse shaping mechanisms in external cavity hybrid mode-locked diode lasers
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; semiconductor lasers; 160 W; 200 fs; active mode locking; chirp compensation techniques; external cavity semiconductor lasers; high power lasers; hybrid mode locking; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; passive mode locking; peak power; pulse shaping; semiconductor injection diode laser system; ultrafast amplification characteristics; ultrafast laser diodes; ultrafast optical pulse generation techniques; Diode lasers; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
