Passive mode locking in a multisegment laser diode with an external cavity

Authors
Andreeva, EV Koroteev, NI Magnitskii, SA Salik, E Starodubov, DS Feinberg, J Shramenko, MV Yakubovich, SD
Citation
Ev. Andreeva et al., Passive mode locking in a multisegment laser diode with an external cavity, QUANTUM EL, 29(2), 1999, pp. 103-108
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
ISSN journal
10637818 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
103 - 108
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7818(199902)29:2<103:PMLIAM>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The structure and operating conditions of multisegment laser (GaAl)As diode s with passive locking of the modes of an external cavity (bulk and fibre) were optimised. Regular trains of optical single pulses of picosecond durat ion were generated in a spectral range 850-860 nm. The peak power of these pulses was several watts and the repetition rate was near 1 GHz. Under cert ain conditions these output pulses were linearly chirped, i.e. they were su itable for subpicosecond time compression. Laboratory prototypes were made of miniature light-emitting modules with these characteristics.