Compact external-cavity semiconductor mode-locked laser with quantum-well-intermixed modulator and saturable absorber
October 9, 2011
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IPC11, IEEE Photonics Conf., 9-13 October 2011, pp. 753-754.
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Summary
We demonstrate a slab-coupled optical waveguide external-cavity mode-locked laser having unique bandedges for the amplifier, modulator and saturable absorber elements. An average output power of 50mW and timing jitter of 254fs is achieved at 1.5-GHz.