MONOLITHIC MULTIPLE COLLIDING PULSE MODE-LOCKED QUANTUM-WELL LASERS - EXPERIMENT AND THEORY

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作者
MARTINS, JF [1 ]
AVRUTIN, EA [1 ]
IRONSIDE, CN [1 ]
ROBERTS, JS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN,SHEFFIELD S1 3JD,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
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英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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10.1109/2944.401240
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report here on a monolithic multisectioned quantum-web laser that operates as multiple colliding pulse mode-locking source. With this type of operation several pulses are present within a laser simultaneously and it produces high-repetition rate pulse trains (up to 375 GHz) and pulse widths of around 1-3 ps, as deduced from linear correlation technique measurements. By changing the configuration of the sections 1, 2, 3, or 4 pulse operation can be selected; frequency- and time-domain theories have been developed to explain this type of behavior.
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