HIGH-ENERGY (59 PJ) AND LOW-JITTER (250 FS) PICOSECOND PULSES FROM GAIN-SWITCHING OF A TAPERED-STRIPE LASER-DIODE VIA RESONANT DRIVING

Authors
CHANG CT SUN CK ALBARES DJ JACOBS EW
Citation
Ct. Chang et al., HIGH-ENERGY (59 PJ) AND LOW-JITTER (250 FS) PICOSECOND PULSES FROM GAIN-SWITCHING OF A TAPERED-STRIPE LASER-DIODE VIA RESONANT DRIVING, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(9), 1996, pp. 1157-1159
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1157 - 1159
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:9<1157:H(PAL(>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
High-energy (59 pJ), low-jitter (250 fs), high-extinction ratio (800), and short (14.5 ps FWHM) pulses were generated by gain-switching of a tapered stripe gain-guided laser diode (LD) via resonant driving, The se characteristics are attributed to a stable single-mode near-field p attern, a single-lobe far-field pattern, and multilongitudinal modes a ssociated with the tapered stripe LD under high driving current pulses , These pulses from a comb generator were enhanced mainly from reflect ion at the LD-transmission line impedance mismatch; the line length wa s adjusted for resonance with the reflection from the step recovery di ode, further increasing the driving current.