980-nm monolithic passively mode-locked diode lasers with 62 pJ of pulse energy

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 937-939

  Gopinath, Juliet T ^a   Chann, Bien ^a   Huang, Robin K ^a   Harris, Christopher ^a   Plant, Jason J ^a   Missaggia, Leo ^a   Donnelly, Joseph P ^a   Juodawlkis, Paul W ^a   Ripin, Daniel J ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High power diode lasers; Mode locked lasers; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor lasers; Single mode semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

HIGH-POWER LASERS; PULSE ENERGY; SINGLE-MODE SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34249949997     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.898873     Document Type: Article

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