Intracavity spectral shaping in external cavity mode-locked semiconductor diode lasers

    Authors

    P. J. Delfyett; H. Shi; S. Gee; C. P. J. Barty; G. Alphonse;J. Connolly

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

    Keywords

    mode-locked diode lasers; multiwavelength lasers; pulse shaping; ultrafast pulse generation; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; AMPLIFIERS; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    Intracavity spectral shaping techniques have been employed to artificially shape and broaden the optical spectrum of external cavity mode-locked semiconductor lasers, Using an intracavity spectrometer and intensity Fourier-plane filtering, active mode-locked output spectra with a multiplicity of independently tunable wavelengths have been generated, while an adjustable intracavity etalon has been employed to generate an 18-nm spectral width, Furthermore, hybrid mode-locking with a multiple-quantum-well (MQW) saturable absorber combined with the intracavity etalon, followed by dispersion compensation has led to the generation of optical pulses of 330 fs in duration.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

    Volume

    4

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-1998

    Document Type

    Article; Proceedings Paper

    Language

    English

    First Page

    216

    Last Page

    223

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000074260200009

    ISSN

    1077-260X

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