Mode-locking via active gain modulation in quantum cascade lasers

Lyuba Kuznetsova,Christine Y. Wang,Vasileios-Marios Gkortsas,Laurent Diehl,Franz X. Kärtner,Mikhail A. Belkin,A. A. Belyanin,Xingde Li,Donhee Ham,H. Schneider,H. C. Liu,Federico Capasso

Mode-locking via active gain modulation in quantum cascade lasers

2009

Lyuba Kuznetsova
Christine Y. Wang
Vasileios-Marios Gkortsas
Laurent Diehl
Franz X. Kärtner
Mikhail A. Belkin
A. A. Belyanin
Xingde Li
Donhee Ham
H. Schneider
H. C. Liu
Federico Capasso

A mode-locking mechanism by active gain modulation is studied numerically and experimentally. The parameter window for the emission of stable pulse trains was found. Pulses as short as 3ps (∼0.5pJ) were characterized by second-order autocorrelation.

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Laser
Autocorrelation
Cascade
Quantum cascade laser
Optics
Pulse (signal processing)
Mode-locking
Physics
Modulation
Radio frequency
Optoelectronics
Quantum

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