Title :
Recent Advances in Stabilized Ultrafast Modelocked Semiconductor Diode Lasers for High Speed Information Based Applications
Author :
Delfyett, Peter J. ; Choi, M. ; Gee, S. ; Kim, J. ; Lee, W. ; Ozharar, S. ; Quinlan, F.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL
Abstract :
Novel cavity engineering techniques are used to realize low noise, and stabilized optical frequency combs from quantum well and quantum dot based modelocked semiconductor diode lasers. Applications in high speed signal processing, secure communications and arbitrary waveform generation are highlighted
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; quantum dot lasers; quantum well lasers; signal processing; arbitrary waveform generation; cavity engineering technique; high speed signal processing; quantum dot laser; quantum well laser; semiconductor diode laser; stabilized optical frequency comb; stabilized ultrafast modelocked laser; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser stability; Optical noise; Optical signal processing; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279005
