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Pulsed Semiconductor Lasers

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Femtosecond Laser Pulses

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Abstract

Semiconductor (SC) lasers are widely used as coherent light sources in many applications. Their pulsed operation is particularly attractive in the fields of optical sampling, optical spectroscopy and telecommunications. SC lasers have very different characteristics compared to conventional atomic or molecular laser sources [5.1, 2]. We recall here briefly the main features of SC lasers [5.3]:

  • very small size (300 × 300 × 100 µm3 typically);

  • high efficiency (up to 50% in commercial devices); for instance, an optical output power P opt, of 100 mW for an electric input power of 2 V × 100 mA;

  • low prices thanks to the performance of semiconductor fabrication technology.

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Amand, T., Marie, X. (1998). Pulsed Semiconductor Lasers. In: Rullière, C. (eds) Femtosecond Laser Pulses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03682-2_5

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