Picosecond pulses with 40 W peak power from a passively mode‐locked tapered quantum well laser

Abstract

Abstract In this letter, the authors present a monolithic edge emitting diode laser intended as a potential key component for the generation of terahertz radiation in a compact time‐domain spectroscopy system. The 6 mm long multi‐section InGaAsP double quantum well (DQW) laser, featured with a 3.6 mm long tapered (TP) gain section, operates at a wavelength of ∼832 nm and generates pulses at a fundamental repetition rate of ∼6.3 GHz in passive mode‐locking operation. Pulses with 2.6 ps width and 40 W peak power are measured. The generated pulses are not bandwidth‐limited and should be compressible for further applications.

Keywords

• laser mode locking
• optical pulse generation
• quantum well lasers