Gain switching of a double-core-waveguide semiconductor laser via traveling-wave optical pumping

  • Hidekazu Nakamae*
  • , Takahiro Nakamura
  • , Takashi Ito
  • , Toshimitsu Mochizuki
  • , Changsu Kim
  • , Shaoqiang Chen
  • , Masahiro Yoshita
  • , Hidefumi Akiyama
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Gain-switched operation of a double-core-waveguide semiconductor laser via traveling-wave optical pumping was achieved. An internal short pulse that traveled forward and backward in the cavity with amplification or decay was generated at high excitation power, and the pulse width and decay time constant of the main pulse were 5.5 and 2.6 ps, respectively; this decay time constant was shorter than the photon lifetime of the cavity or the limit predicted by standard rate-equation theory.

Original languageEnglish
Article number062701
JournalApplied Physics Express
Volume7
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014
Externally publishedYes

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