Mode-Locking of High-Power Resonant-Optical-Waveguide Diode Laser Arrays

Alan Mar, University of California - Santa Barbara
Dennis J. Derickson, University of California - Santa Barbara
Roger Helkey, University of California - Santa Barbara
John Bowers, University of California - Santa Barbara
Dan Botez, TRW Research Center

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Abstract

We report the first mode-locked operation of a resonant optical waveguide (ROW semiconductor laser array. Pulsewidths as short as 23 ps and peak powers of over 1W are generated in a single-lobed beam.