
Switching, Amplifying, and Chirping Diode Lasers with Current Pulses
Fast rf pulses are applied directly to a laser diode to shift its emission frequency by up to 300 MHz in either direction and at a

Fast rf pulses are applied directly to a laser diode to shift its emission frequency by up to 300 MHz in either direction and at a

Laser diodes (LD) are semiconductor devices that convert electrical energy into high-power optical energy. These

Although the steady-state frequency tuning characteristics of such tuneable lasers are well reported, there has been no experimental

The purpose of this laser diode tutorial is to provide the information necessary to create a long lifetime, stable laser diode system.

Laser Diode Current Source: One key section of a laser diode driver is the Adjustable Current Source. It can also be known as the

When ultra-high output powers are not needed from pulsed lasers, as in the case of spectroscopy, modulated lasers can provide fast

Lasers can be used in distinct modes of operation, the most important of which are: Continuous-wave operation (cw operation): The

Gain switching is a technique for generating short optical pulses in a laser by modulating the laser gain. It

Abstract We report on the experimental generation of high-quality Optical Frequency Combs (OFCs) at low repetition

In this work, the effects of gain switching frequency on ultrashort pulse generation are investigated using a model based on the multi

Single-mode, tuneable monolithic semiconductor lasers are important light sources for integrated photonics. Here,

Effects of some laser diode parameters, and d.c. and RF drive conditions on the full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of gain switched

We have discussed three different expressions for the linear dependence of the spontaneous emission rate because

Diode lasers generate picosecond pulses with mode-locking or gain-switching, suitable for high repetition rate pulse trains or pulses

A series of simple and low-cost devices for switching, amplifying, and chirping diode lasers based on current modu-lation are

For very high pulse repetition rates, a beat signal can be generated by superimposing the outputs e.g. of two single-frequency laser

Actively Q-switched microchip laser J. J. Zayhowski et al., Opt. Lett. 20, 716, 1995 Tunable etalon (i.e. Fabry-Perot) Active Q

These optical methods of frequency selection already lead to very narrow spectral features. However, a closer look reveals that

Q-switched lasers are lasers which emit optical pulses, using the method of Q-switching. Typically, they produce pulses with

Laser Chirp Another important parameter is the laser frequency chirp (frequency shift) Chirp will limit the bit-rate-distance product

This paper describes the design of a high frequency SMPS capable of driving semiconductor laser diodes upto 120 W rating in CW

Here we propose a high-repetition-frequency high-power pulse power supply for laser diode driving by using frequency

Here, we will give some very first insights on our research on cascaded gain-switching of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
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