Mode-locking via active gain modulation in quantum cascade lasers
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Gkortsas, Vasileios-Marios; Kaertner, Franz X.; Kuznetsova, Lyuba; Wang, C. Y.; Diehl, L.; Belkin, M. A.; Belyanin, A.; Li, X.; Ham, D.; Schneider, H.; Liu, H. C.; Capasso, Federico; ... Show more Show less![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/59483/Kuznetsova-2009-Mode-locking%20via%20active%20gain%20modulation%20in%20quantum%20cascade%20lasers.pdf.jpg?sequence=5&isAllowed=y)
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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 3 ps (~0.5 pJ) were characterized by second-order autocorrelation.
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2009-06Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of ElectronicsJournal
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009.
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Kuznetsova, L. et al. “Mode-locking via active gain modulation in quantum cascade lasers.” Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on. 2009. 1-2. ©2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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INSPEC Accession Number: 10843170
ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Keywords
(140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers, (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers, (140.5965) Semiconductor lasers, quantum cascade