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Fast Multiple Quantum Well Absorber for Mode Locking of Semiconductor Lasers

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Picosecond Electronics and Optoelectronics

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Electrophysics ((SSEP,volume 21))

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Passive mode locking of a semiconductor diode laser using GaAs/ GaAlAs multiple quantum well (MQW) material as a saturable absorber has been reported recently [1]. The strong room-temperature excitonic absorption line in this material [2] saturates at relatively low powers, and it can be matched to the GaAs laser wavelength. Such mode-locked lasers are potentially important sources for future ultra-fast photonic signal processing.

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  1. Bell Communications Research, Inc., Holmdel, NJ, 07733, USA

    Y. Silberberg & P. W. Smith

  2. AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, 07733, USA

    D. A. B. Miller & B. Tell

  3. AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 07974, USA

    A. C. Gossard & W. Wiegmann

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  1. Department of Physics, The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA

    Gerard Albert Mourou

  2. Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    David M. Bloom

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Chi-H. Lee

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Silberberg, Y., Smith, P.W., Miller, D.A.B., Tell, B., Gossard, A.C., Wiegmann, W. (1985). Fast Multiple Quantum Well Absorber for Mode Locking of Semiconductor Lasers. In: Mourou, G.A., Bloom, D.M., Lee, CH. (eds) Picosecond Electronics and Optoelectronics. Springer Series in Electrophysics, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70780-3_30

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