Analysis of symmetric and asymmetric broadened-mode laser structures for short and ultrashort optical pulse generation

Author

Avrutin, E.A. ; Ryvkin, B.S. ; Kostamovaara, J. ; Portnoi, E.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Univ. of York, York, UK

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the potential for using symmetric broadened and asymmetric non-broadened waveguide structures for short optical pulse generation by gain switching semiconductor lasers and for ultrashort pulse generation by mode locking. Important physical processes inside the structures are indentified and analysed theoretically, and comparison with preliminary experiments is presented.

Keywords

laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; asymmetric non-broadened waveguide structures; broadened-mode laser structures; gain switching; mode locking; semiconductor lasers; symmetric broadened non-broadened waveguide structures; ultrashort optical pulse generation; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Predictive models; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers; Broadened waveguides; asymmetric waveguides; gain switching; mode locking; ultrashort pulse generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549074

Filename

5549074