Ding, Y;
Nikitichev, DI;
Krestnikov, I;
Livshits, D;
Cataluna, MA;
Rafailov, EU;
(2010)
Quantum-dot external-cavity passively modelocked laser with high peak power and pulse energy.
Electronics Letters
, 46
(22)
1516 - 1516.
10.1049/el.2010.2336.
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Abstract
An InAs quantum-dot external-cavity passively modelocked laser with an operation wavelength of 1.27 µm is demonstrated, based on a two-section quantum-dot superluminescent diode with bending ridge waveguide and a 96% output coupler. Stable modelocking with an average power up to 60 mW was obtained at a repetition frequency of 2.4 GHz. This performance corresponds to a 25 pJ pulse energy obtained directly from the oscillator, which represents a 55-fold increase in pulse energy when compared to the current state-of-the-art for semiconductor lasers. At a repetition frequency of 1.14 GHz, picosecond optical pulses with 1.5 W peak power are also demonstrated, representing the highest peak power achieved from an external-cavity laser at the 1.3 µm waveband, without the use of any pulse compression or optical amplification.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Quantum-dot external-cavity passively modelocked laser with high peak power and pulse energy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1049/el.2010.2336 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el.2010.2336 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2010 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. |
| Keywords: | III-V semiconductors; superluminescent diodes; waveguide discontinuities; indium compounds; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor quantum dots; laser cavity resonators; ridge waveguides; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; two-section quantum-dot superluminescent diode; wavelength 1.27 mum; output coupler; quantum-dot external-cavity passively modelocked laser; semiconductor lasers; energy 25 pJ; frequency 1.14 GHz; bending ridge waveguide; picosecond optical pulses; frequency 2.4 GHz; Semiconductor lasers; Laser resonators and cavities; Laser resonators and cavities; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Design of specific laser systems; Light emitting diodes; Lasing action in semiconductors |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1462808 |
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