Title :
High Power (> 150 mW) Electrically Pumped Semiconductor Modelocked Lasers at 1550 nm with Pulse Widths Approaching 6 ps
Author :
Ahmad, Faisal R. ; Rana, Farhan
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca
Abstract :
We report on the generation of stable modelocked pulses from electrically pumped monolithic semiconductor diode lasers with repetition rates > 5 GHz, pulse widths approaching 6 ps, and output powers exceeding 150 mW.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser stability; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; high-power electrically pumped monolithic lasers; laser pulse generation; stable semiconductor modelocked lasers; time 6 fs; wavelength 1550 nm; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288383