Generation of high-energy (0.3 μJ) short pulses (<400 ps) from a gain-switched laser diode stack with subnanosecond electrical pump pulses

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-248

  Stelmakh, Nikolai ^b,d,e   Lourtioz, Jean Michel ^a,b   Marquebielle, Gérard ^c   Volluet, Gérard ^c   Hirtz, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c THALES   (France)

^d IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Imedance matching; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse measurement; Semiconductor laser arrays; Transient propagation

Indexed keywords

IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL PULSE MEASUREMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031109233     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605664     Document Type: Article

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