Q-SWITCHED BOW-TIE LASERS AT 1.5 MU-M DRIVEN BY AN OVERSHOOT-COMPENSATED AVALANCHE PULSE-GENERATOR

Authors
MULLER J LAUGHTON FR WHITE IH PENTY RV SARMA J MIDDLEMAST I RYAN T BUTTON C
Citation
J. Muller et al., Q-SWITCHED BOW-TIE LASERS AT 1.5 MU-M DRIVEN BY AN OVERSHOOT-COMPENSATED AVALANCHE PULSE-GENERATOR, International journal of optoelectronics, 10(1), 1995, pp. 35-38
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic",Optics
Journal title
International journal of optoelectronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09525432
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
35 - 38
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-5432(1995)10:1<35:QBLA1M>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Passively Q-switched poises of up to 94 pJ with a duration of 750 ps h ave been generated in a tapered bulk InGaAsP bow-tie diode laser. The device was driven by an improved, overshoot-free avalanche pulse gener ator which gave up to 6.25 A current pulses with a FWHM of 5.0 ns.