Transform-limited 1. 4 ps optical pulses from a monolithic colliding-pulse mode-locked quantum well laser

Journal Article · Mon Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Applied Physics Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.103413· OSTI ID:6376747

Wu, M C; Chen, Y K; Tanbun-Ek, T; Logan, R A; Chin, M A; Raybon, G ^[1]

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1. AT T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (USA)

We report the generation of short optical pulses from novel monolithic colliding-pulse mode-locked quantum well lasers. Transform-limited pulses with durations of 1.4 ps at a repetition rate of 32.6 GHz have been achieved, with nearly 100% intensity modulation depth and a peak optical power of 10 mW. This is the shortest transform-limited pulse directly generated from monolithic mode-locked lasers (time-bandwidth product =0.3).

• OSTI ID: 6376747
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters; (USA) Vol. 57:8; ISSN APPLA; ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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