50-GHz passively mode-locked surface-emitting semiconductor laser with 100-mW average output power

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 838-847

  Lorenser, Dirk ^a   Maas, Deran J H C ^a   Unold, Heiko J ^a   Bellancourt, Aude Reine ^a   Rudin, Benjamin ^a   Gini, Emilio ^a   Ebling, Dirk ^a   Keller, Ursula ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mode locking; Pulsed lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Thermal lens

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAMS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FLUENCES; GAIN STRUCTURES; HEAT SPREADERS; HIGH REPETITION RATE; MODE LOCKING; NUMERICAL MODELS; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; QUANTUM DOTS; REPETITION RATE; RESONATOR DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; SINGLE LAYER; THERMAL IMPEDANCE; THERMAL LENS; VECSEL; VERTICAL-EXTERNAL-CAVITY;

FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASERS; LENSES; LIGHT; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS; RESONATORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34547207061     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.878183     Document Type: Article

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