PASSIVE-MODE LOCKING OF MONOLITHIC SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS AT 86 GHZ

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HOHIMER, JP
VAWTER, GA
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[1] Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
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10.1063/1.110808
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report the development of monolithic passively mode-locked semiconductor ring lasers. These direct-waveguide-coupled lasers with a ring radius of 150 mum emit a continuous train of 1.3 ps transform-limited lasing pulses at 86 GHz repetition rate with a peak power of 10 mW/pulse at the laser output facet. We also observe, under certain conditions, the presence of a second pulse in the ring cavity doubling the pulse repetition rate to 172 GHz.
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