GaAs‐GaAlAs distributed‐feedback diode lasers with separate optical and carrier confinement

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with lateral carrier confinement

Introduction: Optics is a viable solution to address the limitations of copper-based electronics in short-distance interconnects [1]. In these compact systems, devices must meet the stringent requirements imposed by the power budget and the thermal restriction. Recently, VCSELs have received considerable interest for board and chip level interconnects owing to their small footprints, ease of fa...

Carrier-Envelope Offset Stabilized Ultrafast Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers

Optical frequency combs have been revolutionizing many research areas and are finding a growing number of real-world applications. While initially dominated by Ti:Sapphire and fiber lasers, optical frequency combs from modelocked diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSLs) have become an attractive alternative with state-of-the-art performance. In this article, we review the main achievements in u...

Carrier-carrier scattering in the gain dynamics of InxGa1-xAs/AlyGa1-yAs diode lasers.

Diode Lasers and Metrology

At NIST in Boulder we have been pursuing an active research program developkg diode-laser technology for scientific applications. Commercial diode lasers are readily available in a few wavelength bands in the red and near IR region of the spectrum. Om work has focused on the AIGaAs, InGaAlP, and InGaAsP lasers that operate at room temperature in the red and near IR region of the spectrum betwee...

Phase-coherent optical pulse synthesis from separate femtosecond lasers.

We generated a coherently synthesized optical pulse from two independent mode-locked femtosecond lasers, providing a route to extend the coherent bandwidth available for ultrafast science. The two separate lasers (one centered at 760 nanometers wavelength, the other at 810 nanometers) are tightly synchronized and phase-locked. Coherence between the two lasers is demonstrated via spectral interf...