High-Power Picosecond Pulse Generation Due to Mode-Locking With a Monolithic 10-mm-Long Four-Section DBR Laser at 920 nm

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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 19, no. 23, 1889-1891, 2007.
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Abstract:
A 10-mm-long four-section distributed Bragg reflector laser with a double-quantum-well heterostructure at 920 nm was realized. A maximum optical pulse power of 3.6 W with a repetition rate of 4.1 GHz corresponding to the laser length was reached. The full-width at half-maximum of the pulses was 7 ps measured with an autocorrelator. A maximum pulse energy of 25 pJ was reached.

Index Terms:
Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser, high power, mode locking, picosecond (ps) pulse.

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