Monolithic passive mode-locking in single contact tapered lasers

K. A. Williams; Huw Summers; M. K Abd Rahman; J. Muller; F. R. Laughton; I. H. White; R. V. Penty; Z. Jiang; J. Sarma; I. Middlemast; J. D. Ralston

Monolithic passive mode-locking in single contact tapered lasers

K. A. Williams, Huw Summers, M. K Abd Rahman, J. Muller, F. R. Laughton, I. H. White, R. V. Penty, Z. Jiang, J. Sarma, I. Middlemast, J. D. Ralston

Houston Methodist

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Abstract

We report the monolithic passive mode-locking of a single contact tapered laser without a separate saturable absorber section. Pulsewidths of 850 fs have been achieved at a repetition rate of 116 GHz, with average powers of about 8 mW. The drive current range over which mode-locking is observed is enhanced compared with passive mode-locking in multisection lasers. The physical mechanisms believed to be responsible for the mode-locked operation arise directly from the nature of the taper itself. Due to the single contact electrical driving conditions, this device is suitable for obtaining mode-locked pulses in a very simple manner and, unlike multisection lasers, can be easily mounted p-side down for efficient heat-sinking for cw mode-locked operation.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	135-136
Number of pages	2
Volume	2
State	Published - 1995
Event	Proceedings of the 1995 8th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. Part 1 (of 2) - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Oct 30 1995 → Nov 2 1995

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Other	Proceedings of the 1995 8th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. Part 1 (of 2)
City	San Francisco, CA, USA
Period	10/30/95 → 11/2/95

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Williams, K. A., Summers, H., Rahman, M. K. A., Muller, J., Laughton, F. R., White, I. H., Penty, R. V., Jiang, Z., Sarma, J., Middlemast, I., & Ralston, J. D. (1995). Monolithic passive mode-locking in single contact tapered lasers. In Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS (Vol. 2, pp. 135-136). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

Monolithic passive mode-locking in single contact tapered lasers. / Williams, K. A.; Summers, Huw; Rahman, M. K Abd et al.
Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS. Vol. 2 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1995. p. 135-136.

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Williams, KA, Summers, H, Rahman, MKA, Muller, J, Laughton, FR, White, IH, Penty, RV, Jiang, Z, Sarma, J, Middlemast, I & Ralston, JD 1995, Monolithic passive mode-locking in single contact tapered lasers. in Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS. vol. 2, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 135-136, Proceedings of the 1995 8th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. Part 1 (of 2), San Francisco, CA, USA, 10/30/95.

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