• DocumentCode
    387437
  • Title

    Terahertz-frequency mode-locking of monolithic compound-cavity laser diodes

  • Author

    Yanson, D.A. ; Street, M.W. ; McDougall, S.D. ; Thayne, I.G. ; Marsh, J.H. ; Bryce, A.C. ; Avrutin, E.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    10-14 Nov. 2002
  • Firstpage
    710
  • Abstract
    We present harmonic modelocked operation of a novel design of monolithic compound-cavity semiconductor laser. Modelocking is achieved at a harmonic of the fundamental round-trip frequency with pulse repetition rates from 131 GHz to 2.1 THz.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; quantum well lasers; submillimetre wave lasers; 131 GHz to 2.1 THz; fundamental round-trip frequency; harmonic mode locked operation; monolithic compound cavity semiconductor laser; monolithic compound-cavity laser diodes; pulse repetition rates; terahertz-frequency mode-locking; Atmospheric modeling; Diode lasers; Etching; Frequency; Laser modes; Optical imaging; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7500-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159504
  • Filename
    1159504