Line narrowed picosecond optical pulse generation using three contact InGaAsP/lnP multiquantum well distributed feedback laser under gain switching

I. H. White; P. S. Griffin; M. J. Fice; J. E.A. Whiteaway

doi:10.1049/el:19920794

Line narrowed picosecond optical pulse generation using three contact InGaAsP/lnP multiquantum well distributed feedback laser under gain switching

I. H. White, P. S. Griffin, M. J. Fice, J. E.A. Whiteaway

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Abstract

A three contact multiquantum well (MQW) distributed feedback (DFB) laser has been gain switched to generate tunable picosecond optical pulses with substantially reduced chirp (as low as 0·6 Å) when compared with that possible using equivalent single contact devices. This spectral performance is achieved by using the central device region to control the wavelength of the picosecond pulses generated through modulation of the end contacts. Near Fourier limited duration-bandwidth products as low as 0·26 are observed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1257-1258
Number of pages	2
Journal	Electronics Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19920794
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 1992

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Lasers
Semiconductor lasers

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