• DocumentCode
    270006
  • Title

    High peak power pulses from dispersion optimised modelocked semiconductor laser

  • Author

    Balzer, J.C. ; Schlauch, T. ; Klehr, Andreas ; Erbert, Gotz ; Tränkle, G. ; Hofmann, M.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Lehrstuhl fur Photonik und THz-Technol., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, Germany
  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    13
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 20 2013
  • Firstpage
    838
  • Lastpage
    839
  • Abstract
    Presented is an electrically pumped passively modelocked edge-emitting semiconductor laser system in an external cavity setup with intracavity dispersion management. This concept, in combination with a pulse compressor, provides pulses as short as 158 fs. By expanding the setup with a tapered diode laser amplifier, peak powers up to 6.5 kW were achieved in the 850 nm wavelength range.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; IDM; dispersion optimized mode-locked semiconductor laser; electrically pumped passively mode-locked edge-emitting semiconductor laser; external cavity setup; high peak power laser pulses; intracavity dispersion management; power 6.5 kW; pulse compressor; tapered diode laser amplifier; wavelength 850 nm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2013.1447
  • Filename
    6553049