Pulse Characteristics of Passively Mode-Locked Quantum Dot Lasers (Postprint)

Abstract

Interest in quantum dot mode-locked lasers (QD MLLs) has grown in recent years since their first demonstration in 2001 as applications for optical time domain multiplexing, arbitrary waveform generation, and optical clocking are anticipated. Ultrafast pulses below 1 ps have been reported from QD MLLs using intensity autocorrelation techniques, but so far detailed characterization examining the pulse shape, duration, chirp, and degree of coherence spiking in these lasers has not been carried out. We describe the first direct frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) measurements on a QD MLL operating at a repetition rate of 5 GHz.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA534966

Entities

People

  • Chia‐Hsien Lin
  • D. J. Kane
  • Luke F. Lester
  • Nicholas G. Usechak
  • Vassilios Kovanis
  • Y. Xin
  • Yang Li

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Combs
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Power Electronics
  • Quantum Dot Lasers
  • Quantum Dots
  • Repetition Rate
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Time Domain

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing