Picosecond pulse generation with a cw GaAlAs laser diode

Picosecond pulse generation with a cw GaAlAs laser diode

We report the generation of 20-ps optical pulses at microwave repetition rate from a GaAlAs double-heterostructure diode operating cw at room temperature. The diode is operated in an external optical resonator and is actively modulated at 3 GHz. The pulses are measured by autocorrelation using SHG i...

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Published in:Applied physics letters Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 241 - 242
Main Authors: Ho, P.-T., Glasser, L. A., Ippen, E. P., Haus, H. A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 01-08-1978
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Summary:We report the generation of 20-ps optical pulses at microwave repetition rate from a GaAlAs double-heterostructure diode operating cw at room temperature. The diode is operated in an external optical resonator and is actively modulated at 3 GHz. The pulses are measured by autocorrelation using SHG in LiIO3. They are the shortest pulses ever reported for a cw laser diode.
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ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.90312