Enormously high-peak-power optical pulse generation from a single-transverse-mode GaInN blue-violet laser diode

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Kuramoto, Masaru [1 ,2 ]
Oki, Tomoyuki [1 ,2 ]
Sugahara, Tomoya [1 ]
Kono, Shunsuke [2 ]
Ikeda, Masao [1 ,2 ]
Yokoyama, Hiroyuki [2 ]
机构
[1] Sony Corp, Adv Mat Labs, Atsugi, Kanagawa 2430014, Japan
[2] Tohoku Univ, NICHe, Aoba Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 9808579, Japan
关键词
gallium compounds; III-V semiconductors; optical pulse generation; Q-switching; semiconductor lasers;
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10.1063/1.3299261
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We have demonstrated extraordinary optical pulse generation with a peak-power of 55 W and pulse duration of 15 ps by intense electrical pulse excitation of a 401 nm GaInN laser diode (LD). Electrical pulse excitation of a GaInN LD which contained a thicker electron blocking layer gave rise to abnormal behavior with a several nanosecond-long delay and apparent Q-switching under intense excitation. Operation of this LD under such excitation was found to produce highly intense optical pulses even in semiconductor lasers with a single-transverse-mode.
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