SEMICONDUCTOR LASER

To provide a semiconductor laser generating ultrashort pulses.SOLUTION: A semiconductor laser includes: an optical resonator that has a first compound semiconductor layer containing n-type impurities, a second compound semiconductor layer containing p-type impurities, and a light-emitting layer prov...

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Hauptverfasser: NAKAMURA NARUHIRO, KURODA TAKANOSUKE, AKIYAMA HIDEFUMI, KIM CHANGSU, NAKAMAE HIDEKAZU, ITO TAKASHI
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Zusammenfassung:To provide a semiconductor laser generating ultrashort pulses.SOLUTION: A semiconductor laser includes: an optical resonator that has a first compound semiconductor layer containing n-type impurities, a second compound semiconductor layer containing p-type impurities, and a light-emitting layer provided between the first compound semiconductor layer and the second compound semiconductor layer; and pulse injection means that injects excitation energy over sub-nanosecond durations into the optical resonator. The optical resonator has a multi-section structure separated into a gain region and an absorption region, and generates optical pulses having a pulse width shorter than 2.5 times the photon lifetime in the optical resonator.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】超短パルスを発生する半導体レーザを提供する。【解決手段】n型不純物を含有する第1化合物半導体層と、p型不純物を含有する第2化合物半導体層と、第1化合物半導体層および第2化合物半導体層の間に設けられる発光層と、を有する光共振器と、光共振器に対して、サブナノ秒の時間幅で励起エネルギーを注入するパルス注入手段と、を備え、光共振器は、利得領域と吸収領域とに分離されたマルチセクション構造を有し、光共振器の光子寿命の2.5倍よりも短いパルス幅で光パルスを発生する半導体レーザ。【選択図】図6