High-power picosecond and femtosecond pulse generation from a two-section mode-locked quantum-dot laser

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Rafailov, EU
Cataluna, MA
Sibbett, W
Il'inskaya, ND
Zadiranov, YM
Zhukov, AE
Ustinov, VM
Livshits, DA
Kovsh, AR
Ledentsov, NN
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[1] Univ St Andrews, Dept Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
[2] AF Ioffe Phys Tech Inst, St Petersburg 194021, Russia
[3] NSC Nanosemicond GmbH, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany
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英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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10.1063/1.2032608
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We demonstrate mode locking in a two-section quantum-dot laser that produces output powers up to 45 mW at 1260 nm. The pulse duration could be varied from 2 ps to as short as 400 fs at the 21 GHz pulse repetition rate. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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