The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Generation of transform-limited picosecond pulses at 1.0 µm from a gain switched semiconductor laser diode

Generation of transform-limited picosecond pulses at 1.0 µm from a gain switched semiconductor laser diode
Generation of transform-limited picosecond pulses at 1.0 µm from a gain switched semiconductor laser diode
We report the generation of short, transform-limited, ~18 ps optical pulses from an external fiber Bragg grating (FBG) stabilized semiconductor laser diode. Up to 7.2 pJ of pulse energy and a peak power of 400mW were achieved when operating at a repetition frequency of 832.6 MHz, a multiples of the cavity round trip frequency. A small detuning in the repetition frequency resulted in broader optical pulses. We have shown experimentally that an active mode-locking rather than gain switching mechanism is behind the generation of transform limited optical pulses at the optimum operating frequency.
978-1-4673-6073-9
2330-5665
240-243
IEEE
Teh, Peh Siong
ec22f853-00e2-42a7-9e68-8b1c5eee1271
Alam, Shaif-ul
2b6bdbe5-ddcc-4a88-9057-299360b93435
Chan, Ho-Yin
08e1619b-79a0-4b5d-99cd-f2ba313720df
Shepherd, David P.
9fdd51c4-39d6-41b3-9021-4c033c2f4ead
Richardson, David J.
ebfe1ff9-d0c2-4e52-b7ae-c1b13bccdef3
Teh, Peh Siong
ec22f853-00e2-42a7-9e68-8b1c5eee1271
Alam, Shaif-ul
2b6bdbe5-ddcc-4a88-9057-299360b93435
Chan, Ho-Yin
08e1619b-79a0-4b5d-99cd-f2ba313720df
Shepherd, David P.
9fdd51c4-39d6-41b3-9021-4c033c2f4ead
Richardson, David J.
ebfe1ff9-d0c2-4e52-b7ae-c1b13bccdef3

Teh, Peh Siong, Alam, Shaif-ul, Chan, Ho-Yin, Shepherd, David P. and Richardson, David J. (2013) Generation of transform-limited picosecond pulses at 1.0 µm from a gain switched semiconductor laser diode. In 2013 IEEE 4th International Conference on Photonics (ICP). IEEE. pp. 240-243 . (doi:10.1109/ICP.2013.6687126).

Record type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Abstract

We report the generation of short, transform-limited, ~18 ps optical pulses from an external fiber Bragg grating (FBG) stabilized semiconductor laser diode. Up to 7.2 pJ of pulse energy and a peak power of 400mW were achieved when operating at a repetition frequency of 832.6 MHz, a multiples of the cavity round trip frequency. A small detuning in the repetition frequency resulted in broader optical pulses. We have shown experimentally that an active mode-locking rather than gain switching mechanism is behind the generation of transform limited optical pulses at the optimum operating frequency.

Text
Slabakova 4.pdf - Author's Original
Download (570kB)

More information

e-pub ahead of print date: October 2013
Published date: 19 December 2013
Venue - Dates: 2013 IEEE 4th International Conference on Photonics, Melaka, Malaysia, 2013-10-28 - 2013-10-30
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 367527
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367527
ISBN: 978-1-4673-6073-9
ISSN: 2330-5665
PURE UUID: f40465c4-1221-448f-a015-51a34a120f5c
ORCID for David P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 31 Jul 2014 11:48
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:36

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: Peh Siong Teh
Author: Shaif-ul Alam
Author: Ho-Yin Chan
Author: David P. Shepherd ORCID iD

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×