Title :
Mode-Locked VCSEL with External Cavity Formed by Concave Mirror
Author :
Kato, Tomoyuki ; Matsutani, Akihiro ; Sakaguchi, Takahiro ; Kobayashi, Kohroh
Author_Institution :
Precision & Intelligence Lab., Yokohama
Abstract :
A very low threshold current lasing operation was demonstrated with a composite resonator VCSEL using a concave external mirror. Sub-harmonic active mode-locking produced light output with a repetition rate of 10.56 GHz.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; composite resonator; concave external mirror; external cavity; frequency 10.56 GHz; light output; sub-harmonic active mode-locking; threshold current lasing; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Mirrors; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical resonators; Radio frequency; Reflectivity; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382583
