Abstract

We report the generation of high-peak-power picosecond optical pulses in the 1.55 μm spectral band from a monolithically mode-locked laser integrated with a pulse selector and power booster. High-peak-power ($>1\mathrm{W}$) pulses with durations of 15.4 ps at a 55 MHz selected rate are demonstrated, indicating that this device shows promise as a high-peak-power pulsed light source for bio-photonic applications.

© 2016 Optical Society of America

Monolithically integrated selectable repetition-rate laser diode source of picosecond optical pulses

Xuhan Guo, Vojtech Olle, Adrian Quarterman, Adrian Wonfor, Richard Penty, and Ian White
Opt. Lett. 39(14) 4144-4147 (2014)

Optical frequency comb generator based on a monolithically integrated passive mode-locked ring laser with a Mach–Zehnder interferometer

V. Corral, R. Guzmán, C. Gordón, X. J. M. Leijtens, and G. Carpintero
Opt. Lett. 41(9) 1937-1940 (2016)

Mode-locked laser with pulse interleavers in a monolithic photonic integrated circuit for millimeter wave and terahertz carrier generation

Mu-Chieh Lo, Robinson Guzmán, Carlos Gordón, and Guillermo Carpintero
Opt. Lett. 42(8) 1532-1535 (2017)

1  GHz InP on-chip monolithic extended cavity colliding-pulse mode-locked laser

R. Guzmán, C. Gordon, L. Orbe, and G. Carpintero
Opt. Lett. 42(12) 2318-2321 (2017)

Generation of 30  fs pulses from a diode-pumped graphene mode-locked Yb:CaYAlO₄ laser

Jie Ma, Haitao Huang, Kaijie Ning, Xiaodong Xu, Guoqiang Xie, Liejia Qian, Kian Ping Loh, and Dingyuan Tang
Opt. Lett. 41(5) 890-893 (2016)