Title :
10.7w peak power picosecond pulses from high-brightness photonic band crystal laser diode
Author :
Riecke, S. ; Posilovic, K. ; Kettler, T. ; Seidlitz, D. ; Shchukin, Vitaly A. ; Ledentsov, Nikolay N. ; Lauritsen, K. ; Bimberg, Dieter
Author_Institution :
PicoQuant GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Using a monolithic photonic band crystal laser, nearly diffraction limited laser pulses of 10.7 W peak power at 980 nm wavelength and brightness of 4 × 108 Wcm-2 sr-1 are generated. These pulses of about 100 ps FWHM have a variable repetition rate of up to 80 MHz, making them ideal seed sources for optical power amplifiers.
Keywords :
light diffraction; optical pulse generation; photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; diffraction limited laser pulses; high-brightness photonic band crystal laser diode; monolithic photonic band crystal laser; optical power amplifiers; picosecond pulses; power 10.7 W; wavelength 980 nm;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.8909
