High attenuating external cavity for picosecond-tunable pulse generation from gain/Q-switched laser diodes
- Univ. Paris XI, Orsay (France)
The authors analyze in detail the behavior of gain/Q-switched Fabry-Perot laser diodes coupled to a highly attenuating, selective external cavity. Radical differences are shown as compared to the case of strong external feedback used in mode locking. Actually, they evidence a strong analogy with the case of pulsed lasers with a small quasi-monochromatic injection signal. Unlike previous experiments on laser diodes with selective external cavity, strong chirping is observed in single-mode emission, leading to tunable picosecond pulses after compression. Experiments are carried out on two types of devices. Picosecond pulses with very high tunability (40 nm) and repetition rates ([gt]10 GHz) are obtained from 1.3 [mu]m gain-switched laser diodes, the minimum pulsewidth being 2.5 ps. Ultrashort ([approximately]1 ps), high-power ([gt]5 W) tunable pulses are achieved with 0.8 [mu]m Q-switched lasers.
- OSTI ID:
- 5826410
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 29:6; ISSN 0018-9197; ISSN IEJQA7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
AMPLIFICATION
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GAIN
INFORMATION
LASER CAVITIES
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
MODE SELECTION
NUMERICAL DATA
PULSES
Q-SWITCHING
RADIATIONS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
SOLID STATE LASERS
TUNING