Fundamental and harmonic mode-locking with pulse repetition rate between 200 MHz and 6.8 GHz in a quantum-dot external-cavity laser

TY - CHAP

T1 - Fundamental and harmonic mode-locking with pulse repetition rate between 200 MHz and 6.8 GHz in a quantum-dot external-cavity laser

AU - Ding, Y.

AU - Nikitichev, D.I.

AU - Krestnikov, I.

AU - Livshits, D.

AU - Cataluna, M.A.

AU - Rafailov, E.U.

PY - 2011/1/1

Y1 - 2011/1/1

N2 - Semiconductor lasers with broad tunability of the pulse repetition rate in the range of MHz to GHz are very useful for non-linear imaging techniques, especially in the bio-medical field. In our previous work, we demonstrated a quantum-dot external-cavity passively mode-locked lasers (QD-ECMLL) incorporating a QD semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) [1], generating pulses at repetition rates ranging from 1.5 GHz to 350 MHz. In a more recent investigation [2], a QD-ECMLL is demonstrated with pulse repetition rate as low as 310 MHz and corresponding harmonics up to 4 GHz (based on a fundamental frequency of ~1 GHz). We have demonstrated very recently the generation of high-peak-power picosecond pulses with repetition frequency from 2.4 GHz to 1.14GHz [3] using an external cavity output coupler of 96% transmissivity.

AB - Semiconductor lasers with broad tunability of the pulse repetition rate in the range of MHz to GHz are very useful for non-linear imaging techniques, especially in the bio-medical field. In our previous work, we demonstrated a quantum-dot external-cavity passively mode-locked lasers (QD-ECMLL) incorporating a QD semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) [1], generating pulses at repetition rates ranging from 1.5 GHz to 350 MHz. In a more recent investigation [2], a QD-ECMLL is demonstrated with pulse repetition rate as low as 310 MHz and corresponding harmonics up to 4 GHz (based on a fundamental frequency of ~1 GHz). We have demonstrated very recently the generation of high-peak-power picosecond pulses with repetition frequency from 2.4 GHz to 1.14GHz [3] using an external cavity output coupler of 96% transmissivity.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/80052302071

U2 - 10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943008

DO - 10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943008

M3 - Other chapter contribution

AN - SCOPUS:80052302071

SN - 9781457705335

BT - 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011

ER -