Title :
Ultra-wideband wavelength tunable optical short pulse generation from hybrid mode-locked quantum dot optical frequency comb laser
Author :
Yamamoto, Naokatsu ; Akahane, Kouichi ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Sotobayashi, Hideyuki ; Yoshioka, Yuki ; Takai, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
The generation of ps-order-short and gigahertz high-repetition optical pulses in the ultra-wideband wavelength tuning range on a 1.2- to 1.3-μm band was successfully demonstrated using a hybrid mode-locked quantum dot optical frequency comb laser.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; quantum dot lasers; gigahertz high-repetition optical pulse; hybrid mode-locked quantum dot; optical frequency comb laser; ps-order-short optical pulse; tunable optical short pulse generation; ultra-wideband wavelength tuning; wavelength 1.2 mum to 1.3 mum; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical imaging; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
