WAVELENGTH TUNABLE SOURCE OF SUBPICOSECOND PULSES FROM CW PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED 2-SECTION MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL LASER

Authors
SALVATORE RA SCHRANS T YARIV A
Citation
Ra. Salvatore et al., WAVELENGTH TUNABLE SOURCE OF SUBPICOSECOND PULSES FROM CW PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED 2-SECTION MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL LASER, IEEE photonics technology letters, 5(7), 1993, pp. 756-758
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
5
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
756 - 758
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1993)5:7<756:WTSOSP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A wavelength tunable passively mode-locked semiconductor laser source of subpicosecond pulses is demonstrated. The system includes a two-sec tion multiple-quantum-well laser which is coupled to an external grati ng for tuning and is followed by an external grating pair for pulse co mpression. A tuning range of 16 nm around 846 nm is obtained, resultin g in compressed pulse widths as short as 260 fs and pulse widths short er than 600 fs for all wavelength values within this tuning range. Tim e bandwidth products are one to two times the transform limit.