@article{3036527,
    title = "Tunable master-oscillator power-amplifier based on chirped quantum-dot structures",
    author = "Ding, Y. and Alhazime, A. and Nikitichev, D. and Fedorova, K. and Ruiz, M. and Tran, M. and Robert, Y. and Kapsalis, A. and Simos, H. and Mesaritakis, C. and Xu, T. and Bardella, P. and Rossetti, M. and Krestnikov, I. and Livshits, D. and Montrosset, I. and Syvridis, D. and Cataluna, M.A. and Krakowski, M. and Rafailov, E.",
    journal = "IEEE Photonics Technology Letters",
    year = "2012",
    volume = "24",
    number = "20",
    pages = "1841-1844",
    issn = "1041-1135",
    doi = "10.1109/LPT.2012.2216516",
    keywords = "External cavity;  master-oscillator power-amplifier;  Mode-locked;  Modelocking;  Optical pulse sources;  Output peak power;  Passively mode-locked lasers;  Picoseconds;  Quantum dot structure;  Semiconductor amplifiers;  Tunabilities, Lasers;  Passive mode locking;  Power spectral density;  Semiconductor quantum dots, Saturable absorbers",
    abstract = "A broadly tunable master-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) picosecond optical pulse source is demonstrated, consisting of an external cavity passively mode-locked laser diode with a tapered semiconductor amplifier. By employing chirped quantum-dot structures on both the oscillator's gain chip and amplifier, a wide tunability range between 1187 and 1283 nm is achieved. Under mode-locked operation, the highest output peak power of 4.39 W is achieved from the MOPA, corresponding to a peak power spectral density of 31.4 dBm/nm. © 1989-2012 IEEE."
}