Stable optical picosecond pulses from actively mode-locked twin-section diode lasers

4 February 1988

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 24 (3) , 140-141
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19880093

Abstract

Stable, repetitive pulses with durations as short as 8 ps and peak powers in excess of 400 mW are generated with actively mode-locked twin-section semiconductor lasers operating at 0.898 μm with a locking range of ± 1 MHz around 496 MHz.

Keywords

PEAK POWERS
ACTIVELY MODE-LOCKED TWIN-SECTION DIODE LASERS
LOCKING RANGE
0.898 MICRON
DURATIONS
496 MHZ
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
8 PS