Abstract

Compact and efficient sources of high repetition rate, high peak power ultrashort optical pulses are needed to replace the standard ultrashort optical pulse generation schemes due to their relatively large size and poor wall plug efficiency. In this talk, an external cavity mode locked semiconductor laser system which combines both active and passive mode locking techniques is described. This system produces optical pulses that are 0.46 psec in duration with over 70 watt of peak power. These optical pulses are both the shortest and most intense optical pulses ever generated from a semiconductor laser system.

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