• DocumentCode
    412507
  • 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
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298659