Generation of 2. 5-ps light pulses with 15-nm wavelength tunability at 1. 3 [mu]m by a self-seeded gain-switched semiconductor laser

Journal Article · Sun Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1993 · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/68.250040· OSTI ID:5354322

Schell, M; Huhse, D; Bimberg, D ^[1]

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1. Univ. Berlin (Germany). Inst. fuer Festkoerperphysik

The authors demonstrate the generation of 2.5-ps pulsed by a Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser with 15-nm wavelength tunability. A commercial laser is switched to single longitudinal mode pulse emission by self-seeding, using an external grating. The sidemode suppression ratio is better than 15 dB, with a peak value of 21 dB. The linearly red chirped pulses are compressed from 21--30 ps to 2.5--3.5 ps in a dispersion-shifted fiber. The simple experimental setup consists of a fiber coupler, a grating, and the dispersion-shifted fiber.

• OSTI ID: 5354322
• Journal Information: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 5:11; ISSN 1041-1135; ISSN IPTLEL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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