Title :
Distortion-free optical amplification of 20-80 GHz modelocked laser pulses at 1.3 μm using quantum dots
Author :
Laemmlin, M. ; Fiol, G. ; Meuer, C. ; Kuntz, M. ; Hopfer, F. ; Kovsh, A.R. ; Ledentsov, N.N. ; Bimberg, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fuer Festkoerperphys., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
fDate :
6/8/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Distortion-free amplification of modelocked laser pulses at 20, 40 and 80 GHz with a minimum pulse width of 710 fs is reported. The modelocked lasers and the semiconductor optical amplifiers are based on identical quantum dot material emitting at 1.3 μm.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser mode locking; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.3 micron; 20 GHz; 40 GHz; 80 GHz; Al0.35Ga0.65As-GaAs; InGaAs; distortion-free optical amplification; mode-locked laser pulses; quantum dots; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20061256
