High peak-power picosecond pulse generation at 1.26 mu m using a quantum-dot-based external-cavity mode-locked laser and tapered optical amplifier

Y. Ding; R. Aviles-Espinosa; M. A. Cataluna; D. Nikitichev; M. Ruiz; M. Tran; Y. Robert; A. Kapsalis; H. Simos; C. Mesaritakis; T. Xu; P. Bardella; M. Rossetti; I. Krestnikov; D. Livshits; Ivo Montrosset; D. Syvridis; M. Krakowski; P. Loza-Alvarez; E. Rafailov

doi:10.1364/OE.20.014308

High peak-power picosecond pulse generation at 1.26 mu m using a quantum-dot-based external-cavity mode-locked laser and tapered optical amplifier

Y. Ding, R. Aviles-Espinosa, M. A. Cataluna, D. Nikitichev, M. Ruiz, M. Tran, Y. Robert, A. Kapsalis, H. Simos, C. Mesaritakis, T. Xu, P. Bardella, M. Rossetti, I. Krestnikov, D. Livshits, Ivo Montrosset, D. Syvridis, M. Krakowski, P. Loza-Alvarez, E. Rafailov

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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In this paper, we present the generation of high peak-power picosecond optical pulses in the 1.26 μm spectral band from a repetition-rate-tunable quantum-dot external-cavity passively mode-locked laser (QD-ECMLL), amplified by a tapered quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier (QD-SOA). The laser emission wavelength was controlled through a chirped volume Bragg grating which was used as an external cavity output coupler. An average power of 208.2 mW, pulse energy of 321 pJ, and peak power of 30.3 W were achieved. Preliminary nonlinear imaging investigations indicate that this system is promising as a high peak-power pulsed light source for nonlinear bio-imaging applications across the 1.0 μm - 1.3 μm spectral range.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14308-14320
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	20
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.014308
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Ding, Y., Aviles-Espinosa, R., Cataluna, M. A., Nikitichev, D., Ruiz, M., Tran, M., Robert, Y., Kapsalis, A., Simos, H., Mesaritakis, C., Xu, T., Bardella, P., Rossetti, M., Krestnikov, I., Livshits, D., Montrosset, I., Syvridis, D., Krakowski, M., Loza-Alvarez, P., & Rafailov, E. (2012). High peak-power picosecond pulse generation at 1.26 mu m using a quantum-dot-based external-cavity mode-locked laser and tapered optical amplifier. Optics Express, 20(13), 14308-14320. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.014308

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