Compression of Picosecond Pulses from Diode Lasers Using a Modified Grating-Pair Compressor.
01 January 1990
Optical pulses from gain-switched diode lasers were compressed using a grating-pair compressor containing an internal telescope. Original pulses of 20-30ps were compressed to 5-7ps with the largest compression factor of ~5. Diode laser pulse compression is well modeled by transmission of Gaussian pulses with excess bandwidth through a dispersive system.