High peak power femtosecond pulses from modelocked semiconductor laser in external cavity

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Schlauch, T. [1 ]
Li, M. [1 ]
Hofmann, M. R. [1 ]
Klehr, A. [2 ]
Erbert, G. [2 ]
Traenkle, G. [2 ]
机构
[1] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Lehrstuhl Photon & THz Technol, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
[2] Ferdinand Braun Inst Hochfrequenztech, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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10.1049/el:20080953
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The generation of high peak power femtosecond pulses from an all semiconductor laser system is demonstrated. The system is based on a passively modelocked two- section laser diode in an external cavity, a tapered amplifier and a compact external pulse compressor. Pulse durations are achieved below 600 fs with an average optical power above 500 mW at a repetition rate of 330 MHz. This corresponds to a peak power of 2.5 kW, which is the highest value reported for an all semiconductor ultrafast laser system so far.
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