PUMP CONSIDERATIONS FOR GAIN SWITCHED DIODE-LASERS

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MACFARLANE, DL [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TEXAS,CTR APPL OPT,RICHARDSON,TX 75083
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10.1063/1.346441
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We calculate the conditions under which a gain switched diode laser is optimized with respect to the width of the injection current pump pulse. We find, for both biased and unbiased operations, that a current pulse of approximately 20 ps corresponds to a Dirac delta function, a situation which yields the shortest, most intense output pulses.
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