High attenuating external cavity for picosecond-tunable pulse generation from gain/Q-switched laser diodes
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- Univ. Paris XI, Orsay (France)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5826410
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 29:6; Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9197
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; LASER CAVITIES; LASER RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAIN; MODE SELECTION; Q-SWITCHING; TUNING; AMPLIFICATION; DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INFORMATION; LASERS; NUMERICAL DATA; PULSES; RADIATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLID STATE LASERS; 426002* - Engineering- Lasers & Masers- (1990-)
Citation Formats
Bouchoule, S, Stelmakh, N, Cavelier, M, and Lourtioz, J M. High attenuating external cavity for picosecond-tunable pulse generation from gain/Q-switched laser diodes. United States: N. p., 1993.
Web. doi:10.1109/3.234423.
Bouchoule, S, Stelmakh, N, Cavelier, M, & Lourtioz, J M. High attenuating external cavity for picosecond-tunable pulse generation from gain/Q-switched laser diodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/3.234423
Bouchoule, S, Stelmakh, N, Cavelier, M, and Lourtioz, J M. Tue .
"High attenuating external cavity for picosecond-tunable pulse generation from gain/Q-switched laser diodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/3.234423.
@article{osti_5826410,
title = {High attenuating external cavity for picosecond-tunable pulse generation from gain/Q-switched laser diodes},
author = {Bouchoule, S and Stelmakh, N and Cavelier, M and Lourtioz, J M},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1109/3.234423},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5826410},
journal = {IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)},
issn = {0018-9197},
number = ,
volume = 29:6,
place = {United States},
year = {1993},
month = {6}
}