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Picosecond pulses from a mid-infrared interband cascade laser

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Date
20/10/2019
Author
Hillbrand, Johannes
Beiser, Maximilian
Andrews, Aaron Maxwell
Detz, Hermann
Weih, Robert
Schade, Anne
Höfling, Sven
Strasser, Gottfried
Schwarz, Benedikt
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QC Physics
T Technology
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Abstract
The generation of mid-infrared pulses in monolithic and electrically pumped devices is of great interest for mobile spectroscopic instruments. The gain dynamics of interband cascade lasers (ICL) are promising for mode-locked operation at low threshold currents. Here, we present conclusive evidence for the generation of picosecond pulses in ICLs via active mode-locking. At small modulation power, the ICL operates in a linearly chirped frequency comb regime characterized by strong frequency modulation. Upon increasing the modulation amplitude, the chirp decreases until broad pulses are formed. Careful tuning of the modulation frequency minimizes the remaining chirp and leads to the generation of 3.2 ps pulses.
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Hillbrand , J , Beiser , M , Andrews , A M , Detz , H , Weih , R , Schade , A , Höfling , S , Strasser , G & Schwarz , B 2019 , ' Picosecond pulses from a mid-infrared interband cascade laser ' , Optica , vol. 6 , no. 10 , pp. 1334-1337 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6.001334
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Optica
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6.001334
ISSN
2334-2536
Type
Journal article
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Copyright the Authors 2018. Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Funding: Austrian Science Fund (F4909-N23, P28914-N27,W1243); Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (ATMO-SENSE, ERANet Photonic Sensing program, COMTERA-FFG849614); European Science Foundation (ESF) (CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_027/0008371); Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR FA9550-17-1-0340).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18645

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