Abstract
We report the first passive and hybrid modelocking of a grating-coupled surface-emitting laser (GCSEL), exploiting the unpumped grating section of the GCSEL as a saturable absorber to generate short pulses, is demonstrated. Pulsewidths 2.8psec with 1.1nm bandwidth at 980nm are obtained.
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