Generation of tunable single-mode picosecond pulses from an AlGaAs semiconductor laser with grating feedback

Widely tunable single‐mode picosecond pulses have been obtained from a buried optical guide AlGaAs semiconductor laser operated with external grating feedback. Intensity autocorrelation measurements show single‐mode 30‐ps pulses. A tuning range of 20 nm, corresponding to more than 70 different laser frequencies, was easily achieved.