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Picosecond Pulses from an Optically Pumped GaAs Laser

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Picosecond Phenomena II

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Gain switching techniques have been previously used to generate short pulses on the nanosecond time scale. In order to extend gain switching to the picosecond domain, one needs picosecond pumping pulses and an ultrashort cavity. Our laser structure, shown in Figure 1, consists of a lµ thick ribbon whisker of GaAs sandwiched between two dielectric mirrors and bonded to them by means of transparent epoxy [1].

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  1. J. Stone, C. A. Burrus and J. C. Campbell, J. Appl. Phys. (to be published).

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  2. E. P. Ippen and C. V. Shank, Ultrashort Liqht Pulses, ed. by S. L. Shapiro, Topics in Applied Physics, Vol. 18 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1977)

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  1. Bell Telephone Laboratories, Holmdel, 07733, NJ, USA

    T. C. Damen, M. A. Duguay & J. M. Wiesenfeld

  2. Bell Telephone Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, 07733, NJ, USA

    J. Stone & C. A. Burrus

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  1. Bell Laboratories, NJ 07733, Holmdel, USA

    Charles V. Shank (Conference Chairman) (Conference Chairman)

  2. University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, Philadelphia, USA

    Robin Hochstrasser

  3. Technische Universität München, D-8000, München, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Wolfgang Kaiser

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Damen, T.C., Duguay, M.A., Wiesenfeld, J.M., Stone, J., Burrus, C.A. (1980). Picosecond Pulses from an Optically Pumped GaAs Laser. In: Shank, C.V., Hochstrasser, R., Kaiser, W. (eds) Picosecond Phenomena II. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87861-9_9

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