Picosecond Chronoscopy Of Mode-Locked Semiconductor Diode Lasers For Applications To Ultrarapid Communications And Data Processing

D. J. Bradley

doi:10.1117/12.967700

1 March 1983 Picosecond Chronoscopy Of Mode-Locked Semiconductor Diode Lasers For Applications To Ultrarapid Communications And Data Processing

D. J. Bradley

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Proceedings Volume 0348, 15th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967700
Event: 15th International Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, 1982, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Recent developments in the generation of bandwidth - limited coherent picosecond pulses from mode-locked semiconductor diode lasers are reported. An essential role was played by picosecond electron-optical chronoscopy diagnostics in perfecting these laser systems which have applications to ultra-rapid (Terrabit) real-time optical communications and optical image and data processing. The synchronously driven streak-camera employed in these investigations has been further developed to obtain both picosecond temporal resolution and direct photomultiplier read out from a single image tube. Advantages include reduction in cost, potentially improved S/N ratio, greater dynamic range, increased "free temporal range" and ultimately improved time-resolution in the subpicosecond regime.

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D. J. Bradley "Picosecond Chronoscopy Of Mode-Locked Semiconductor Diode Lasers For Applications To Ultrarapid Communications And Data Processing", Proc. SPIE 0348, 15th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, (1 March 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967700

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