Title :
A passively mode-locked surface emitting diode laser
Author :
Jasim, Khalil ; Zhang, Qiang ; Nurmikko, A.V. ; Mooradian, Aram ; Carey, Glen ; Ha, Wonill ; Ippen, E.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Brown Univ., Providence, RI, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate stable multiGHz rate picosecond pulse generation by passive mode-locking of an extended cavity VCSEL which incorporates a saturable Bragg reflector mirror into a device, designed here as a high power 980 nm InGaAs multiple quantum-well vertical cavity source.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflectors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 980 nm; InGaAs; VCSEL; multiple quantum-well vertical cavity source; passively mode-locking; saturable Bragg reflector mirror; stable multiGHz rate picosecond pulse generation; surface emitting diode laser; Biomedical optical imaging; Diode lasers; High speed optical techniques; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
