Title :
High-power, mode-locked external-cavity tunable semiconductor laser
Author :
Goldberg, Lew ; Mehuys, David ; Welch, David F.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
A novel, external-cavity tapered-contact laser is mode-locked using a narrow, single-stripe amplifier and emits up to 16 W peak power and 450 pJ pulse energy, in pulses as short as 12 ps
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; 12 ps; 16 W; 450 pJ; high-power laser; mode-locked external-cavity tunable semiconductor laser; mode-locked laser; peak power; pulse energy; single-stripe amplifier; tapered-contact laser; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1994., 14th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1754-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.1994.518896
