Title :
Colliding pulse mode-locked laser
Author :
Fan, H. ; Wu, C. ; El-Aasser, M. ; Dutta, N.K. ; Koren, U. ; Piccirilli, A.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
Abstract :
The fabrication and performance of a colliding pulse-mode locked laser with an intracavity saturable absorber is described. The laser has a threshold current of 65 mA and differential efficiency of 0.04 mW/mA when coupled into a single-mode fiber. Mode-locked pulses with /spl sim/1 ps pulse width at /spl sim/10 GHz has been obtained.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fabrication; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical saturable absorption; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; 1 ps; 10 GHz; 65 mA; colliding pulse mode-locked laser; colliding pulse-mode locked laser; differential efficiency; fabrication; intracavity saturable absorber; mode-locked pulses; performance; pulse width; single-mode fiber; threshold current; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
