• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 49, Issue 12, 20201054 (2020)
Xiang Li1, Hong Wang2, Zhongliang Qiao3, Yu Zhang4, Zhichuan Niu4, Cunzhu Tong5, and Chongyang Liu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Temasek Laboratories, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637553, Singapore
  • 2School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
  • 3School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
  • 4State Key Lab for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 5State Key Lab of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20201054 Cite this Article
    Xiang Li, Hong Wang, Zhongliang Qiao, Yu Zhang, Zhichuan Niu, Cunzhu Tong, Chongyang Liu. Repetition frequency variation of a 2 μm GaSb-based passively mode-locked laser (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(12): 20201054 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Multi-gigahertz optical pulse trains generated from mode-locked semiconductor lasers are promising for a number of applications in many areas. For most of these applications, a fixed and stable pulse repetition frequency is necessary. Since the repetition frequency of such lasers is primarily determined by the effective refractive index of the laser waveguide and the laser cavity length, uncertainties during device fabrication as well as cleaving process may bring deviations to the repetition frequency. To gain better knowledge of how working conditions of such lasers effect their repetition frequency and thus compensate the above-mentioned deviations, a novel 2 μm InGaSb/AlGaAsSb single quantum well (SQW) mode-locked laser (MLL) was presented in this work. It has a two-section configuration (gain section and saturable absorber section separated by an electrical isolation region) and stable mode locking was achieved in this laser under a variety of bias conditions up to 60 ℃. Repetition frequency variations of this mode-locked laser with bias condition (gain section current Ig, absorber section voltage Va) and working temperature (T) were systematically recorded, and the mechanisms behind these variations were analyzed. It is believed that this work enables us to have a better understanding of passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers and is of interest to better meet the application-required frequencies.
    Xiang Li, Hong Wang, Zhongliang Qiao, Yu Zhang, Zhichuan Niu, Cunzhu Tong, Chongyang Liu. Repetition frequency variation of a 2 μm GaSb-based passively mode-locked laser (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(12): 20201054
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