Title :
Tunable semiconductor hybrid mode-locked laser using a tapered amplifier as gain medium
Author :
Velten, A. ; Sody, A. Schmitt ; Liu, Y. ; Arissian, L. ; Diels, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM
Abstract :
A semiconductor laser, using only a tapered amplifier as gain medium, is mode-locked with a multiple quantum well saturable absorber and RF modulation, generating 0.5 ps pulses without dispersion compensation.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; RF modulation; dispersion compensation; gain medium; multiple quantum well saturable absorber; pulse generation; tapered amplifier; time 0.5 ps; tunable semiconductor hybrid mode-locked laser; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Quantum well lasers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
