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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 13 — Jun. 18, 2012
  • pp: 14308–14320

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High peak-power picosecond pulse generation at 1.26 µm using a quantum-dot-based external-cavity mode-locked laser and tapered optical amplifier

Y. Ding, R. Aviles-Espinosa, M. A. Cataluna, D. Nikitichev, M. Ruiz, M. Tran, Y. Robert, A. Kapsalis, H. Simos, C. Mesaritakis, T. Xu, P. Bardella, M. Rossetti, I. Krestnikov, D. Livshits, Ivo Montrosset, D. Syvridis, M. Krakowski, P. Loza-Alvarez, and E. Rafailov  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 13, pp. 14308-14320 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.014308


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Abstract

In this paper, we present the generation of high peak-power picosecond optical pulses in the 1.26 μm spectral band from a repetition-rate-tunable quantum-dot external-cavity passively mode-locked laser (QD-ECMLL), amplified by a tapered quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier (QD-SOA). The laser emission wavelength was controlled through a chirped volume Bragg grating which was used as an external cavity output coupler. An average power of 208.2 mW, pulse energy of 321 pJ, and peak power of 30.3 W were achieved. Preliminary nonlinear imaging investigations indicate that this system is promising as a high peak-power pulsed light source for nonlinear bio-imaging applications across the 1.0 μm - 1.3 μm spectral range.

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OCIS Codes
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(230.5590) Optical devices : Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices
(250.5980) Optoelectronics : Semiconductor optical amplifiers
(180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: March 16, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 14, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: June 5, 2012
Published: June 12, 2012

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Citation
Y. Ding, R. Aviles-Espinosa, M. A. Cataluna, D. Nikitichev, M. Ruiz, M. Tran, Y. Robert, A. Kapsalis, H. Simos, C. Mesaritakis, T. Xu, P. Bardella, M. Rossetti, I. Krestnikov, D. Livshits, Ivo Montrosset, D. Syvridis, M. Krakowski, P. Loza-Alvarez, and E. Rafailov, "High peak-power picosecond pulse generation at 1.26 µm using a quantum-dot-based external-cavity mode-locked laser and tapered optical amplifier," Opt. Express 20, 14308-14320 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-13-14308


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